He may something called
borderline personality disorder (Wikipedia link) /emotionally unstable personality disorder. (National Education Alliance link.)
What was his response? Did he indeed accept your opinion and get help or rejected the idea? Patients with psychiatric illness (as opposed to psychological illness, like anxiety and depression) have their brain malfunctioning and are usually not aware of their condition unless highly intelligent. By themselves, of course. If "one detail doesn't match up", think I think he may be a neurotic perfectionist or have obsessive compulsive disorder.
About the whole backlogging thing, you do not seem to be sure yourself. Calm down. We have no sure method of knowing.