People with "sexually unusual" interests, Moser and Kleinplatz note, may in fact be quite happy and well-adjusted. But the APA's labeling of their conditions as "pathological" fuels social discrimination against them, Moser and Kleinplatz warn, which can lead to distress and discrimination that is psychologically damaging.
The stress that the sexually disordered feel is the objective difference between their perverted desires and reality. At the point when the sexually disordered cease to feel that stress, they're well on their way to becoming sociopaths (and/or psychiatrists : )
Besides, Moser and Kleinplatz add, psychiatry has no baseline, theoretical model of what, in fact, constitutes normal and healthy sexuality ...
Earth to Moser and Kleinplatz: Here's your baseline:
MAN WOMAN BIRTH DEATH INFINITY