Comment by taylodl
I'm thinking you need a therapist more than you need HN. I've been in the software development business for 40 years and I've never once heard of anyone being afflicted with this problem. Maybe a therapist could also help you stop freezing up when you sit at your computer to work on your project?
What he's describing are fairly typical symptoms of depression, including the freezing. Not rare at all. I agree that he should seek some real assistance with it, but he's not at all some kind of outlier.