I think those who are panic selling now all their coins will regret it in the future. Lke it was shown in this thread many times, Bitcoin have had some issues in the past but was overcoming them successfully every time. Although I think $1,000+ is not so bad, I'm sure the price will rise due to massive adoption in the future.
Currently is something different and there is not the same like in the past. The last two weeks all they speak about a hard fork and the split of the blockchain. If this will happen would be the first time and is logical all of the users to feel nervous. Therefore, if some of them have already bought in high price they want to protect their funds and want to sell so as to decrease their loss.