My advice is that to your friend is do what feel right to them and what makes them happy and do it without giving a shit what someone else might think
he kinda repressed his emotion a lot as a kid and now he says he cant feel them, so i'm not sure if he knows what feels right to him
well to that I say he is going to be reminded of those feelings with the help of a friend tho that will take a while
thanks a lot man, you helped
your welcome