self storage: the hopes and dreams of a new generation

An article on the NYT website about the booming self-storage business.

Here's an excerpt I found interesting.

“Storage has my hopes in it,” said Mr. Martin, who sleeps on a foldout bed in his mother’s guest room. “I don’t tell anyone this, but at least once a week I go over and look at my couch, my refrigerator, my TV stand, my mattress and realize I did have a life, and maybe there’s a way to go back to it.”

I hope you know what I find wrong and incomprehensible about this statement.