Fans turned him into a meme and he's called their baby, and even the industry's baby. It's worse than Jk, and I thought no one had it worse than him. I can see him getting depressed in his late 20s for the reasons you said. Many people become depressed at that time.
I have to watch the video and see where he discusses his interests. Watched a video that showed how hard working he is.
He seems to overwork as a way to avoid thinking about or remembering stuff that's happened. That's not healthy, but it worked until the military.
People like him and jjong shouldn't go to the military. It's dangerous to their mental health and physical well-being. I think there's a lot that happened to him when he served, but it's not right for us to know. It's bad enough we know about his mental health and medications. I understand why it was revealed, but it's sad that he hasn't had privacy.
His hyung is one of those tragedies. That obsession was in the video too. He kept repeating parts of his videos to exhaustion. His legs go numb from how much he practices. When he gets out of the military, he needs to take a break, but it would affect his career. Taem1n is very unique for a Korean person, and even a Westerner. He wants to stand out, but lives in a society that destroys individuality. Even my country destroys people who want more than a career, shopping and a drone life.
He reminds me so much of an autistic person. They often see what's wrong with society, but society sees them as disposable and tries to bend them into something else, rather than appreciate what they bring to the world. His hyper fixation on his interests even when it annoys others is another thing that makes me think he's autistic. K3y made fun of how he answered interviews when he was younger. He would answer something unrelated and rock back and forth. It probably stresses him out trying to mask himself in public. We all do it, but not this much.
He has to be aware of the dark parts of kpop. There's no way he doesn't know. His body language when old perverts bothered him, or he was made into a joke shows he knows. I hope he can get help and get what he wants from his life.