• bitfucker@programming.dev
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      6 months ago

      When it prevents you from doing day to day tasks, or even tormenting enough to make you depressed most of the time, then it clearly starts being a disorder. Otherwise, it’s just normal human behaviour.

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      6 months ago

      An ex of mine, working as a therapist once stated: “It’s a personality trait until it causes disorder, at that point it’s a disorder.”

      The pun only translates semi well from German, but yeah, while oversimplifying it’s a nice rule of thumb.