Thanks but no. The dismissive nature of your initial comment is irksome. As someone who has lived through a very similar phase, I would find your words encouraging but not very helpful personally. But then it is subjective.
I meant every word in the philosophical sense. While sharing what you feel and experience is good, it doesn't take away the fact that each one has a slightly different experiences, takeaways and optics & their alone. My goal was not to give a obligatory advice (like the usual case), but give a reality check that we alone experience what we are going through and rise up to the occasion.
Let me share: I had experience with therapy for suicidal depression twice. My parents were supportive but due to generational gaps, they couldn't empathize. I don't blame them. They are well meaning, like 90% parents. But they never could internalize what depressed me, although they knew what bothered me. The counseling made little difference. The medications made it worse. I learnt the hard way how I thought of my problem was unique to me. No one could put themselves in my shoes. My pain was mine alone. And I had to wade through it to get better. A lot of people confuse professional help to be the sum and solution to their mental issue, until it is late. Counseling was like a 'mental walking stick'. I have shuffled through a dozen therapists to know it will only help so much. Well meaning advice is great, but well meant reality-check is better. I mean to convey 'he is his best help and needs re-evaluating/rethinking how to brace with the issue in hand'. No one will solve his problems - at best cheer for him or handhold him. But he will have to walk the path. And it is okay to understand that people won't always get it 100%.
You and I look at hardship differently and choose to share our empathy differently as well. Your opinion is valuable for the OP too. I respect that. But to say "Fixed it" just shows you abjectly dismissed someone's viewpoint & suffering as worthless. To each his own. If this approach helped you in life, I am glad it worked for you. It did not for me. I will stand by my last paragraph - it is meant for the OP.