Sometimes I worry that far too many behaviours are becoming pathologised. Internet addiction, sex addiction and other similar addictions can obviously become real problems for people, however I don't automatically think labelling things is a helpful tool. e.g things such as Oppositional Defiant disorder which as far as I can see is just being an extremely troublesome teenager. And whilst such problem teens may need help to overcome their behaviour from social workers or by attending anger management classes I think giving the behaviour a label almost makes such conduct acceptable, like "I hit you in the face, but it's not my fault I have oppositional defiant disorder". And I worry that internet addiction may become a similar excuse, if you see what I mean.
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