I wonder if he's short on detail because he worries that people he knows will recognize him from the details of his situation.

Or maybe there's something about himself that he's so painfully ashamed of that he won't even talk about himself on an anonymous message board. Possibly for fear that someone he knows will recognize him from his detailed descriptions were he to give them.

a fine and enviable madness, this delusion that all questions have answers, and nothing is beyond the reach of a strong left arm.