I consider racism a mental illness, along with PMS and menopause. Neurosis of all kinds is considered mentai illness. And some seem like weirdos and are normal. Some seem normal and are not.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurosis
According to
C. George Boeree, professor emeritus at
Shippensburg University, effects of neurosis can involve:
...
anxiety, sadness or
depression, anger, irritability, mental confusion, low sense of self-worth, etc., behavioral symptoms such as phobic avoidance, vigilance, impulsive and compulsive acts, lethargy, etc., cognitive problems such as unpleasant or disturbing thoughts, repetition of thoughts and
obsession, habitual fantasizing, negativity and cynicism, etc. Interpersonally, neurosis involves dependency, aggressiveness,
perfectionism, schizoid isolation, socio-culturally inappropriate behaviors, etc.
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All of these have been given as reasons to murder.
And then there is mis-diagnosis. Psychopaths test normal, unless you really dig in. And some of our most important thinkers seem mentally ill in a quirky sense but are not, or seem normal and test as psychopathic. That is the so called Warrior Gene.
And then there are the best babies in this bathwater, young Eisenstein, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_giftedness
Intellectual giftedness is an
intellectual ability significantly higher than average. It is a characteristic of children, variously defined, that motivates differences in school programming.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_giftedness
http://www.greatpotentialpress.com/misdiagnosis-and-dual-diagnoses-of-gifted-children-and-adults
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