Isn't it a disease?

[Loki pulls his knees up now while he keeps on fidgeting with his sandwich.]

I thought it was.

You have been leading a very tough life, yes? Perhaps some bullying because of your preference for men, right? Misunderstandings? Parental problems?

Try not to connect your current life and situations to the problems you have faced in the past. It will make the problems bigger and your life even tougher.

It is what I do. It helps. A problem is there to be solved, if they remain unsolved then one shall has to deal with it.