It isn't spiritually healthy, I agree. The only reason I'm not calling it a sickness anymore is b/c I agree with Paul that it's not something we can cure. It's a process that they need to go through to grow (hopefully) as a person.
"I made the wall of shadow draw back, beyond desire and act, I walked on.
Oh flesh, my own flesh, woman whom I loved and lost, I summon you in the moist hour, I raise my song to you."