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Originally Posted by Garfie

Yes, you make some really good points here, actually. Given what has happened in his career, you are right, and he might well have been in the wrong head space when he went into the house, and the situation there has then made it worse.

There's a chance he thought it would be a turning point and a way to get back on track... Then when it wasn't what he expected it's easy to see why he might just have given up.