I dunno if it's just me, or if it's just my perception but

I always found cliques to be detrimental to my mental health,

Like I dunno,
I always got the feeling that if I'm part of a clique then I'm not really in control of my own life like I would like to be,

But when you say "screw the clique"
Then it's like... You're free to do what you damn well want