How do we have the same problems? You ever live paycheck to paycheck? The amount of stress that causes? Having to decide between gas or food? Its nowhere near the same. Its a whole different universe. Money doesnt fix all problems? Really? How many rich miserable people do you know?
I know a lot of rich people actually, who are in bad mental states. Go ahead an spin this as some anecdotal evidence that doesnt matter, but I am answering your question. I used to work with very, very rich clients who would trust me with a lot of things. I still talk to some of them from time to time. Believe me, even they have problems. Money doesnt fix any problems.
This is not easy to admit, and it took me a full year to even have the will to speak about it on an anonymous internet forum, but I am going through mental health problems too. This is NO WAY makes me an expert on the matter, jut trying to give you my perspective.
I grew up having a fairly comfortable life due to my parents job, and right now I am not homeless or don't have to wake up everyday at 6 am as you put it. I live in a country where most healthcare is free, and there are tons of really nice facilities and treatments centres for people such as myself.
I swear, I have sat in front of my computer screen, staring at the phone number to a lot of these help lines, and just holding my phone and not being able to dial. It's something that I will never be able to explain. There is a phantasm holding your back. It's denial, embarrassment, fear of judgement, fear of death, and so many other things combined that all prevent you from seeking help.
Now, take someone such as Shia LaBeouf. I cannot claim to know whether he is lying or not, but the worst thing someone can do to you - at least in my opinion - when you are going through a mental illness, is to dismiss you. I have been dismissed by others, and all I can say is it paralysed me for a few days. I felt as if someone had carved a hole inside my chest and dumped me somewhere. It's so fucking brutal, one of the worst feeling I have experienced.
Take him being dismissed and made fun of in this state, and multiply that by the thousands. Everyone on social media and new channels is making fun of you, calling you an attention-whore and just shitting on you. Only thing that this leads to is a worst state. Due to my own state, I have been reading a lot about mental issues, and a lot of people don't have the will to just plain out ask for help, so they act out in out-of-character ways in order for others to notice them and confront them about it. Sadly a lot of the times this gets dismissed and people just say "haha, look at that wacky guy!!"
The problem is way too complex for people to just say 'he has money fuck him'. Every time I think back at the moment when I tried to kill myself, I do not remember a single thought that was going through my head. All I remember is me holding the knife in my hand, and just static in my head.
Sorry about the rant, I just get frustrated when people shit on someone and dismiss them, without educating themselves. And hey, if we find out in X amount of time that this was all an act, I am not going to apologize or "eat crow" for this post. This is beyond this one person, it's about understanding mental health, and how incredibly difficult it is to deal with.