[maxander]

It likely isn't what he's looking for, but if he's feeling that badly because of these difficulties (which are a difficult struggle, to be sure, but not catastrophic by any measure) it's not his life that's the problem. For some biochemical or psychological reason it's hitting him harder than it should; that's called, in many cases, clinical depression.

And importantly, in those cases, it's fixed by psychological means- usually not by life success, even when such success occurs.

[oceanman888]

The two extreme of looking at his problem and looking at him as a problem. Seems solution is between them.