[dwaltrip]

Measuring psychological well-being is not easy.

With emotional dysregulation or trauma, which comes in many varieties and is more common than people realize, the path towards healing often involves someone feeling "worse" at first as they begin to face pain and emotions that have been suppressed

Someone who hasn't yet overcome their biggest difficulties won't have deep insight into their various psychological states and frames of mind. Without proper guidance, attempts to measure what's going on and assess progress can cause confusion and frustration. Especially if they aren't receiving helpful treatment, which is unfortunately far too common.

I think there is potential for measurement to help, but it's a difficult thing to do well.

This is all simply an aspect of the more general issue of how psychology and psychiatry are not well-developed areas of practice. Humanity is still learning how to effectively approach these problems.