[shin_lao]

It's not just about making it hard to function in society, it's also preventing these people from achieving their goals and being happy (whatever happy is for them).

Usually you can spot a personality disorder objectively if the person has no continuity of any kind in her life: relationships, career, personal achievements...

In the case of wanderlust, it can be an unhealthy coping mechanism: "Something is wrong, I will ignore the problem and travel away".

I have healthy and unhealthy examples of wanderlust in my friends.

One healthy example is a couple of friends traveling together to find out where they would like to settle down and live (there is a goal, the motivation is positive).

One unhealthy example I have is a friend traveling randomly because she doesn't know what to do with her life. When I asked her about her latest travel she couldn't tell me much except "it was great". (no tangible goal, negative motivation, does not seem to enjoy traveling that much).

[bagacrap]

So every hobby must have a practical purpose or it's unhealthy? I'm glad for my own sake I don't agree.

[shin_lao]

Could you tell me where you think I wrote that? I was not talking about hobbies but general life attitude.