I don’t even know what that means.
If you have dealt with someone with a personality disorder, not just a neurosis or various quirks or imperfections, you know the difference. It can be total hell.
neurosis
[noo-roh-sis, nyoo-]
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noun, plural neuroses noo-roh-seez, nyoo-. Psychiatry.
1.
Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
2.
a relatively mild personality disorder typified by excessive anxiety or indecision and a degree of social or interpersonal maladjustment.
Apparently neurotic can be a type of “mild” personality disorder.
I guess I think of borderline or narcissistic personality disorders as the “Big ones.” They are impossible imo.