I don't think it's an illness or disease. To me some people are shorter or taller, some people and more fearful or confident. It's just about degrees of something we all feel at some point. Where you draw the line between normal and unnormal is too subjective for my liking. It's not like you can take a blood test to see if you are SP.
This is something though you could say about alot of mental health illnesses. I'm not saying I don't think it's not a problem. Just a product of genetic variation (I wouldn't call many genetic disorders illnesses either) which doesn't match peoples personal view on what is a standard/normal human being or how we should be.
If it wasn't for genetic variation, diversity ot mutations (freaks maybe?) we'd all still be microbes in a puddle somewhere. Not that I want to insult any microbes reading this. It's just, if we are unusually handsome, intelligent or talented, people say we are blessed, a genius or gifted. While on the other end of the scale we are disfigured, retarded or disabled.
I'm not saying certain states aren't more desirable and that I don't want to change, just to me I personally wouldn't call SP an illness unless you call someone who is very brave, confident or courageous ill too.
Waffle, waffle :lol: