By knowing what to look for in an ideal balanced soul we can best determine the treatment for a person who is diseased. I am not viewing it as the ‘boy going through’ something. Rather viewing the boys condition as a result of a misaligned character.
Good and bad character is important for others but when character becomes very imbalanced then it can harm its own person. Rather than concentrating on sympathy for the boy, one needs to look at what has driven him to that state.