Yes, no one is perfect so there's always some level of dysfunction. It's part of living.

It depends on your definition of dysfunctional. If it means less than perfect, then of course everyone is, because everyone is less than perfect. In essence, it means 'unhealthy', another term open to interpretation. However, as commonly used, it means more than that. It can mean impaired in some way, usually psychologically or emotionally, to a degree that significantly impacts your life and your relationships in a negative way. 'Dysfunctional' and 'significant' are, of course, subjective terms. As applied to families, it usually means something like this : A family that has difficulty functioning and communicating in emotionally healthy ways; a family that has a negative environment which contributes little to the personal development and growth of family members. http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/district/strat_plan/SP_terms.html It is a clinical term that has moved into the vernacular and has become a part of psychobabble; it is used as an accusation, rather than a diagnosis. I am no professional in this field, but I doubt that those who are, appreciate the liberty with which this term is used in a 'dysfunctional' way.

Before we even get around to defining dysfunctional, what is it that determines why a person is 'functional'? If one takes the position that all of us are dysfunction to one extent or another, then we must all have been measured against a scale that defines our degree of functionality. This definition varies from one culture to another, from one socio-economic group to another, from one political viewpoint to another, and so on. If functional is a moving target, then dysfunctional must be as well. The only method by which dysfunctional can be measured is to determine the norm of an identifiable group through measurement and then evaluate how far individuals within the group differ from the norm. Most people will fall within a range that is considered normal, while a very few will lie well outside and be obviously abnormal or dysfunctional. The remainder could be considered dysfunctional to some extent, but only in terms of the one specific group. If we take the same people and measure them using the standards of a different group, their degree of normalcy will change. Measurements against another set of standards will produce yet another set of results. And so on and so forth. The only people who could be considered truly dysfunctional are those that lie outside the norm in every group. A small minority of people fall into this category. The remainder are not dysfunctional, but they are certainly individuals. One should never confuse individuality with dysfunctional.

No, not everyone is dysfunctional. In fact, most everyone is just the opposite. It's important to realize that there is, in fact, a vast gulf between being perfect and being dysfunctional. A dysfunctional person is someone who cannot operate in the society and culture in which they were brought up, or copes with the pressures of that society in harmful and destructive ways. Sure, there are a lot of people who may have trouble "fitting in", but that doesn't make them dysfunctional. I remember a psychology professor who once said that it is not uncommon for a person to "hear voices" or see thigns taht aren't there, but only a schizophrenic person sufferes such hallucinations frequently. Dysfunctionality is much like that. The key to understanding what makes on person dysfunctional is the degree to which they engage in socially unnaceptable behavior. We all feel things and do things that our culture tells us we shouldn't (Don't feel sad! Don't hurt people!), but a dysfunctional person is extreme in those feelings and actions. A dysfunctional person starves themselves to the point of collapse to be attractive, purposefully avoids even the most rudimentary of human relations or any number of other anti-social behaviors that the rest of us engage in either rarely or less thoroughly. No one is perfect and we all have our failings. Every single one of us has at least a few quirks that make it harder for us to get along with the people around us, but only a truely few rare people are unfortunate enough to be considered dysfunctional.

This is an interesting question, since it implies a norm against which we are measured. If we are in a flawed state, whether physically or morally, it implies there is a norm or law against which we're being measured, i.e. the goodness of God. I believe that God's goodness is the standard of the universe, set by a just and moral God, and according to Him, our whole human race is dysfunctional. If you believe Christianity, that's the reason Jesus came, because every single one of us was a moral failure according to God's standard, and needed reconciliation to God, payment for their sins, and a Mediator to intercede for them, sort of like a lawyer to plead for their cause. So yes, I would say that everyone is dysfunctional if looked at in a moral light or a physical light, since we all fall short. Also, the idea that there is a "bar" we fall short of implies there must be God for us to be measured against. If morality comes from the judgement of men then it will be ever changing, for who then can determine what's "good enough?" And if that were the case, no ultimate moral law or true Right and Wrong could exist. And if then, as Hume and Buddhism/Hinduism would posit, there is no ultimate Right and Wrong, and we're all just dancing to our dna; why then all would be permissible! How then could a person say that rape, genocide, murder, or anything else is truly "wrong" ? And if wrong is merely what society thinks unacceptable, why should an individual care if they have no purpose anyway? If there's no right and wrong why act for the good of society rather than the good of themselves? You would have societies like Nero's Rome or Hitler's Germany that would show what humanity is truly capable of, and why any moral person should, with thought, eventually reach the conclusion that there is a moral law, there is a moral universe, there is a moral God, and we are all hopelessly dysfunctional when measured against such things.

It's all a matter of degree.

Everyone is dysfunctional because we were all born into sin; however, since Jesus is our Saviour and if you accept Him as I have as your Saviour, and repent of your sins, then God and Jesus are able to remove our sins and help us to improve our dysfunctions.