How can i help my friend stop being so melodramatic? Since high

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How can i help my friend stop being so melodramatic? Since high school he's idolized the punk music scene, and desperately wanted to be part of it. The problem is, hes a rich kid, his family is well off and he's been coddled/spoiled his whole life, and I think he resents it. He does all these things to try to distance himself from it (drugs, dressing in tattered clothes, etc) and he's always saying how much of a "tortured artist" he is. I know he just wishes he had a hard life to embody what he idolizes, but being his friend i can see right through it and while it's cringy, I thought it would just be better to let him live his life the way he wants to. However, I think at some point all this acting has gotten into his head and he's actually beleieving he's this person he's created, and might go so far as to actually hurt himself (he's done it before, but it's the typical attention getting antics). Should i just tell him to stop being a faggot?