Its so funny to be currently reading Tim's era of comics when the polemic about this plotpoint is going on. Because from my perspective, it seems just so well aligned with Tim's struggles and motivations.
Because all throughout his robin era, as long as his dad was alive and he had civilian connections, one of the biggest points of his character, if not the main one, was how much Tim hates to lie to his loved ones.
It genuinely pained him to have a double life, to the extent he even considered outing himself as robin to his dad, exposing Batman's identity too. Who was also okay with this even with his strict demeanor. That shows even Bruce himself knew how important being truthful to his close ones is.
Tim even took a break from robin when his dad found out.
Then his dad died, plus a LOT of other important figures in his life. Then all of the Red robin arc happened, and he was misserable. He disconected from all of his civilian supporting cast (the thing that made him stand out as a robin) until he started dating Bernard. This is why I think Tim deciding to take a break is completely in line with how the story has been going, going back to having a civilian supporting character, which was his main appeal before, brings back him questioning if the double life is worth it. I'm really excited to find out how this continues, hopefully not with Bernard dead as many of us are fearing.
Also, I don't think people saying that Tim "begged" to be robin and that it was all he ever wanted, and pretending as if he never doubted if that's what he really wanted (imo he's the robin that questioned it the most) have ever picked up a comic of his
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