He is a vanisher and yes this is very typical in many MLC cases.
Opposite is something that is also very typical.
HB writes about opposite many times in the archives.
Their is some science behind this as when we get older our hormones become the opposite of what they have been our whole life. He is searching for happiness and looking down all the cheese less tunnels looking for something that must be found within. Let him go. Keep working on yourself. There is always hope, but things must get worse before they get better.
