Not sure about you all, but I work in a creative field. It can be really difficult to be creative when you are depressed. I had some personal stuff happen last year, and it brought me down and I couldn't really do my job. Physically, I was fine. But sit me in front of a computer to design and I couldn't really make much happen (I did end up doing heaps of work to my house though haha - that was phyiscal stuff so felt fine).
I had enough recurring income from clients that I survived, but money definitely got tight. And when you start hitting financial pressure, depression gets worse not better.
So yeah, hope this dude finds his groove. He should probably turn his patreon payments back on tbh. It will help prevent money being a factor in his depression and might even help motivate him to create.