Do you happen to know minor facts about your favorite celebrity? Do you happen to share an interest with your favorite celebrity? If you answered yes to both of these questions you are on level two of Celebrity Worship Syndrome (CWS).

CWS is an obsessive-addictive disorder in which a person is obsessed with their favorite celebrity. The syndrome’s name was coined in 2003 by journalist James Chapman after he wrote an article on the studies being conducted by psychologists in the United States and United Kingdom featuring people who admitted to being obsessed with their favorite celebrities in 2002.

There are three different aspects, or “levels,” of this syndrome. Entertainment-Social is the first in which fans of celebrities have conversations with other fans about birthdays or other trivial facts. The second level, Intense-Personal, is where the fan happens to share an interest with their celebrity which they believe creates a bond with said person. The final level is Borderline-Pathological in which the fan goes into deep depression when they aren’t talking about their favorite celebrity, fantasize about their celebrity or when the fan turns criminal and starts stalking their favorite celebrity.

According to psychologists in the U.S., over one-third of the American population suffers from CWS. This number is staggering and this disease is ridiculous.

I personally do not know anyone who does not have a favorite actor, musician or athlete and in turn knows facts about that person. If we ever met someone who did not like any celebrity in any form at all, we would think that person is the odd one out. With the classifications and levels of this syndrome, it seems as if everyone is a victim of CWS.

Eric Hollander, who is a medical doctor, professor of psychiatry and director of the Compulsive, Impulsive and Anxiety Disorders program at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, has his own thoughts on how meaningless this “disorder” is.

Like most things, there i a dimensional approach here; there are some people who are fascinated by celebrities’ lives, but also involved in meaningless activities and relationships in their own lives,” Hollander told Web M.D. “For these people, star watching is usually a harmless diversion.”

Favoring or having an interest in celebrity could even be healthy. Everyone needs an interest and sometimes these interests manifest themselves in the lives of celebrities. If someone admires a celebrity because of his or her talent and/or community service, then how can that admiration be considered a bad thing?

We are in the age of celebrities themselves relaying their personal lives to the public. Twitter is not only used for people to follow their favorite celebrities but to learn about their favorite celebrities. Celebrities tweet about things that happen to them during the day and their whereabouts to their sometimes millions of followers. When the information is pushed into our faces we can’t be the ones classified as obsessive.

People must monitor themselves so that they don’t dive into the Borderline-Pathological level of this syndrome, but displaying a healthy adoration for your favorite celebrity is not a bad thing. When a celebrity is admired for less than stellar behavior such as drug use, or criminal activity then that may be a cause for concern. But the fact that you know both yourself and rapper Eminem were born on October 17 does not seem like a red flag or a reason to be told you suffer from a disorder.

Though CWS is a medically proven disorder, in regards to CWS there is nothing wrong with being a little crazy.