I think we pathologize mental conditions too much. For many of them, it's less a disease than a natural variant that has clearly conferred advantages to bearers and those around them quite often in the past.

To some extent, then, the disease is often in society for failing or refusing to recognize the variant as natural, valid, and sometimes advantageous - or if not, then as an involuntary illness.

Some conditions like autism, ADHD, and benign narcissism are not really diseases in a person but rather in a society that expects everyone to be the same. If these people are given space to be themselves, are not inordinately punished economically or socially, there is not really a disease, just a difference. With the level of support that neurotypical people get from neurotypical people, I think these other groups would do just fine. Sometimes the real problem even in mental health is that a group is a minority.

I would term these "diseases of psychological minority" - or in other words, "basic neurodiversity."

Being a night owl is not a problem unless society expects everyone to be a morning lark and gives night owls slim pickings and acts as if this is fair.

There are also - sometimes this is the same, sometimes different - diseases of volition. These involve what many simply call "bad behavior."

Diseases of volition are diseases of (inner and outer) context. In other words, actions we disagree with make sense to the person who undertakes them. We want to blame their will, their freedom, and their character - but the trouble is that their analysis of the context - the reality as they see it - is different - different enough that what seems like a good idea to them seems like a bad idea to us.

I find it a bit of a waste of time to blame people's souls. Actually, I'm playing softball: I find it a complete and utter waste of time, and probably societally harmful in the long run.

A certain level of stigma around bad behavior serves as a heads up and a deterrent. That's fine. That's prosocial stigma. We need some of it. But the minute we begin dehumanizing and demonizing people who have behaved badly, we step past prosocial stigma into hate.

I am not a proponent of hate. I'm a proponent of recognizing when you're feeling anger and disgust combined, and dealing with it like an adult capable of compassion and wisdom.