The article discusses concerns about psychiatry pathologizing normal human experiences, notably through the diagnosis of conditions like borderline personality disorder and cannabis use disorder. A specific focus is on existential obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), where patients obsess over philosophical questions about reality. This raises a debate about whether such obsessions are pathological or a natural part of human intellectual development, suggesting that categorizing them as a disorder might undermine healthy engagement with profound, existential inquiries.
One prominent concern about contemporary psychiatry is that it pathologizes conditions that are normal parts of human experience, leading to a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder.
Existential OCD is characterized by obsessive thoughts on the reality of the external world and philosophical questions, which may detract from healthy human development.
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