Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : I’m a (18m) and my friend in question is also an (18m). Iv know him since the 7th grade we met playing online video games. At that time we both had the passion of playing together and “trolling” because that’s what you did when you were 12  on call of duty. He use to record YouTube videos of us prank calling and doing various video game stuff. 

When we got to high school he stopped making vids got in a pretty bad state of mind and just lost what seems to be all passion for anything. (Also I live in a different state than him) and I’m not sure if I grew a more positive mind set or I stayed the same as when we met, but he seems to always only see the negatives in things. He’s always mad at the most the dumbest things ever. And lately iv been trying to push him to get back into making YouTube vids because we still play games every night, or at least I do and he just sits on the mic and talks with me. Iv even gone to the extent to start making videos myself because I always wanted to but I thought it would push him to maybe give it a try again. Iv tried to start a podcast with him and another friend. But he makes excuses as to why he can’t, or he just gets super pissed and yells that he doesn’t want to. 

I’m not sure if I should continue to push him towards things he’s mentioned to be passionate about in the past or not. He’s my homie and I care about him and I want him to succeed it just sucks seeing this happen to someone you know has the potential, the energy, and the talent to do cool stuff just waste it on sulking in sadness and dwelling on things that don’t effect him in anyway. 

