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Oh, definitely. I've heard the term "scrupulosity" thrown around to describe this.
It's pretty obvious that this site wasn't put together with mental illness in mind. That's not a criticism, and other rationalist types have injected some community awareness about that.
The thing about mental illness, as opposed to just ordinary bias, is that the techniques for coping with the former can look inane or obvious when you're in the mindset of the latter.