(June 5, 2013 at 3:36 pm)Gilgamesh Wrote: I don't view it as a disorder. For it to be a disorder, it has to be disassociated from the order (the norm) but since so many people have these feelings or quirks (even excluding the ones who are wrongly diagnosed), I can't consider it a disorder. They're just people who feel bad for no 'apparent' reason (although it's apparent to me - I can give several reasons for why anyone may be depressed in a developed country) or they feel bad because they have quirks (OCD, SAD, ect)
It's not the feelings that make it a disorder. It's the intensity, length, and impact of the feelings that make it a disorder.
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