totaly missing the point here. he’s not hiding behind the cancer. he’s trying to lessen his mental health issues so he can at least live the rest of his probably short days happy. He’s right about one thing. a suprising amount of people who do this sort of thing for a living are in therapy just because of all the…

Er he’s saying that that the annoyance, frustration, stress, anxiety dealing with internet criticism on it’s own is tough enough. Now with the cancer it’s just not worth it. He says he would rather spend his remaining years free of the stress and anxiety engaging with the internet brings. can’t blame him. cancer…

You realize he’s not saying anywhere that people are criticizing his cancer right? He’s admitting that he’s not good at taking criticism and saying that he doesn’t want to spend the rest of his terminal-cancer-having life taking criticism badly. That’s not “using cancer as a weapon”. How do you “quit” with a weapon…

I think he’s saying that he doesn’t care what other people think about his work because he’s going to be dead in two years. Not that people criticized his cancer.