there is no way that you could possibly know whether this person has a mental disorder or not. You can't just tell everyone that they're normal based on no previous knowledge, just because it feels nice to say.
I think he's just suggesting there's some overlap, (the same way people feel "depressed" but aren't clinically depressed) and that exhibiting some of these characteristics doesn't necessarily mean you have a disorder, let alone are "broken." It seems to be getting at the very thing that makes mental disorders so problematic, knowing whether or not someone crosses the threshold of needing to seek treatment or just has some minor behavioral tendencies.
The statement was a little presumptuous though, I will give you that.
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u/hamakabi May 30 '17
there is no way that you could possibly know whether this person has a mental disorder or not. You can't just tell everyone that they're normal based on no previous knowledge, just because it feels nice to say.