(March 17, 2018 at 9:25 pm)Alexmahone Wrote:(March 17, 2018 at 9:19 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: I'm no mental health professional so maybe I'm way off-base here but is it so wrong to be a recluse? I'm one too and that's just who I am.
You mention a mental illness but you are not specific. It sounds like it doesn't interfere with your ability to interact with teachers and fellow students in a normal university environment. So what is the problem?
I suffer from bipolar disorder, OCD and psychosis. OCD causes me to take twice as much time to do things, due to which I'm a part time student. And since I'm a part time student, it isn't easy to befriend other (full time) students as they move more quickly than I do.
These psychological issues contribute to your isolation. The fact that you also do not believe in a personal god is irrelevant. All being an atheist means is that you are not a believer. My understanding is that Canadians are fairly irreligious. I think that you are conflating your atheism with the other issues. Acknowledging that you don't believe sets you in opposition with a fair amount of the population. But it shouldn't contribute to isolation.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
