The entire point behind free-speech is that all opinions are allowed to be held and voiced without preconditions. It's not free if it only encompasses things you don't find morally reprehensible.

For me my friends were definitely a detriment. I was failing to finish university and so I stopped hanging out with them altogether one day. I deleted all my phone contacts, social media, changed phone numbers, basically became a ghost.

Sometimes I feel like I could have worked on managing my social life rather than eliminating it altogether, but this has worked out so far. I don't imagine I will have trouble making new friends when I finish school and begin working.

I do feel lonely, but I try to fill free time with working out, hobbies or hanging out with family. Leaving the house is definitely the most important thing for avoiding depression from loneliness in my opinion. I never felt worse than spending days on end without getting sunlight.