Is mild hypertension an illness? At some point the dividing line between normal and abnormal is blurry and arbitrary. But there are people with say severe anxie

Is mild hypertension an illness? At some point the dividing line between normal and abnormal is blurry and arbitrary. But there are people with say severe anxiety that impairs their ability to carry out normal daily activities. That’s a mental illness, but is mild social anxiety? Maybe not, but it’s probably not optimal health either. There’s just the best possible life on one end and the worst possible life on the other.