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Re:Finding the biological roots for pathological social with... by nradov on Sunday July 31, 2022 @12:57AM (#32293290)
You are attempting to redefine mental illness to suit your own irrational biases in a way that doesn't align to modern psychiatry.
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Re:Finding the biological roots for pathological social with... by Dracophoenix on Sunday July 31, 2022 @09:11AM (#32295268)
Modern psychiatry doesn't have a very good definition of normal. A behavior is considered a mental illness when chronic fixation and/or financial distress is involved. That's broad enough to account for plenty of "normal" behaviors.
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