eh not JUST that. it's a wonderful cocktail of
narcissist
tough family environment growing up (specifically w/r/t his father)
chasing the popularity he very clearly never had as a child
surrounded by yes men
decades of not sleeping enough
need for approval - and having to find it somewhere else other than the results of his companies over the last few years
recreational drug use (clearly this is ramping up over the last 12-24 months)
overuse of Ambien
all of those combined have led to some pretty clear mental health issues - which he has been told about multiple times by people, NOBODY is that proud of not going to therapy and never going to therapy without being told by many, many people they need therapy lol (also he has 100% been to therapy)
the sleep thing is very real.
this is through the end of 2022 i believe.
dude is a 52 year old manchild chasing the approval he never got as a child, and becoming everything he hated growing up.
add in the fact he is clearly spiraling, can't focus to save his life (TSLA down 28% YTD, all the failures currently ongoing with SpaceX, the ongoing housefire that is TWTR, focusing on xAI over all of the above, stealing engineers from TSLA for TWTR and xAI, etc), and not making any changes that anyone can see and you have a guy who is STRUGGLING