I'm quite sad. Its like everyone abandoned us
Monero won't shine until the governments completely go nuts (start confiscating gold, bitcoin and anything they want) and the financial system completely fails. As long as the banking system functions (or half functions) and the governments give people enough space to breathe, monero (or coins like monero) will have difficulties to gain adoption. Monero needs both of these conditions. If only one of them happens, it only benefits bitcoin.
Think it like this, the governments don't like bitcoin because it gives people semi-anonymity but that's also giving the governments a chance to track the transactions and people since they also hold the FIAT gates.
All those companies, institutions, small-time businesses are all working on a layer formed by the governments, their biggest business partner. If these guys don't adopt monero, monero will still function but it will be a small network.
And bitcoin? It will go to the fucking moon.
Should you feel abandoned? I guess so, yes. Maybe for now. Who knows what'll the future bring...