{∅, {∅}, {∅, {∅}}} : Rage Against the Meat Grinder

Yes, I am a dirty jersey boy.

I used to like to wander around in the woods, but since the invasion of the mall rats, I mostly hide indoors, escaping into an abstract world of mathematics ... school-boy stuff ... I am no revolutionary ... just an egg-eating humanoid living off the perfumed corpse of civilization.

I consider myself rather pathetic, and since I am impotent to solve any of the problems our species faces on the mass level, I find myself giving my all to solving problems in used math textbooks. 

I commend Schopenhauer for using his lifetime to articulate his philosophy.  There are probably those who were left with inheritances who invested in business ventures or succumbed to alcohol and drugs.

What is "soft" treatment?

Do you mean the whole "you need to take psychiatric medication and join a support group" type treatment?