Steven left his home abruptly without taking any of his belongings. he relocated to a nearby town. several months later, he returned to his old home with no memory of his travel. steven would most likely be diagnosed with:

"conscience does make cowards of us all"even though the entire excerpt can be seen to be of tone of self-loathing because it is a diatribe that contains only pessimistic/negativity, there is only one time where hamlet mentions himself by including himself with the words “us all.”  this, thus, provides the foundation for the rest of the excerpt, which is built upon the phrase “conscience does make cowards of us all,” and it is that phrase that actually creates the tone of self-loathing upon which, again, the entire excerpt is based.