All I'm saying is it wouldn't hurt to break some of your old habits here. Most of us are going to be here for a long time, yourself likely included in that.

[And he'd really not have her go back to locking herself in the garage for weeks on end...]

You can just as easily put some of that energy to being productive. I'm sure your inventions can assist people here, and even a regular job can't be too much for some one like you.