This is 100% true. A functioning and reasonably healthy person can exhibit or be affected by anything in the DSM5 - from hearing voices (God) to alcohol consumption (social lube) to compulsiveness (hard working).
It's only when that person can no longer function in a healthy way that it becomes a mental disorder.
And for many of us we slip in and out of it.
Even activities that are risky, drinking or skydiving, can be a part of a healthy and functional person.
And everyone anecdotes about how they "beat" that by doing some random activity, life is long. Keep beating it, but don't judge those that are affected by it. Just wait a decade and you very well may be the same situation. Life is all about kindness, however you can be kind, do it.
It's only when that person can no longer function in a healthy way that it becomes a mental disorder.
And for many of us we slip in and out of it.
Even activities that are risky, drinking or skydiving, can be a part of a healthy and functional person.
And everyone anecdotes about how they "beat" that by doing some random activity, life is long. Keep beating it, but don't judge those that are affected by it. Just wait a decade and you very well may be the same situation. Life is all about kindness, however you can be kind, do it.