A lot of people within these comments are saying crazy things like "your issue doesn't seem to be anything other than social anxiety" and talking about people's

A lot of people within these comments are saying crazy things like "your issue doesn't seem to be anything other than social anxiety" and talking about people's startup suitability as if what is important is having the right personality trait. Others talk about how he "[learnt] a valuable lesson" or act like he is only a few more failures away from a successful startup. It's condescending and misguided. I think he's the only one giving worthwhile advice here. You're very unlikely to succeed at bootstrapping a startup and people often don't realise this or act like through perseverance they will definitely succeed. He's lucky to have realised that he had other things in his life he cared about more after only a year. Many people want a family or want to buy a house. Others want to enjoy their 20s (or 30s for that matter). Others want to put money into investments or a pension for their old age. You could sacrifice all of these things chasing a startup dream and end up with nothing. There is a high likelihood of this. Unless you believe you've very different odds or a much lower cost (e.g. an investor) you probably shouldn't do it.