I think you summed it up fairly well.  I also think Chris needed GA as an outlet and I hope he finds some other venue to express himself and make some connections.  I too will miss him being around.  

I do as well. I will attempt to reach out to him and see how he is. He only came here because me, so I feel somewhat responsible.

I always read his status updates, and responded a few times. I didn't really know him, and sometimes I didn't know what to think of some of the things he said, but I appreciated him as a member of our community. I could tell that there was a lot of depth to the young man, and I figured he was working some things out. I wish him well.

Like Gary, I din't know him all that well, but from what I gathered over the months I have been an active member of the community is how insightful Chris is His statuses always brought a smile to my face, I especially enjoyed it when he posted his quotes

One moment stands out for me Chris was a very active member in the Games and Humor and in my more earlier forays into one of the games I had made a mistake. So, I edited my post to apologize and disregard my post. Well, Chris soon responded with "Well don't stop playing!" I found that so encouraging and I continued and I got a hang of it soon after. It is now one of my favorite games in that Forum

I've spoken with Chris, well, I received an e-mail from him and I now know more of the story.

He is well.

I get attached to you guys and when you vanish mysteriously it worries me.

I admired CJ or Ghostboy. He had his head on right. I hate to see him go.

I'm glad to hear that he's OK. Thanks Billy.

Didn't know him too well, but he seemed like a nice guy overall.

We all have our quirks and sometimes come off badly to different people, it smooths out over time.

Will miss him,

It is a pity such voices go silent here. They challenge and stimulate our authoring community. It is chilling that such challenges are met with such concern on the Internet.