Patient manages no one, has authority over nothing, and refers to themselves as 'CEO' in dating bios. Uses the phrase 'my team' when ordering coffee.
The team does not exist.
None. The business card is already printed.
Patients with Acute CEO Syndrome typically present with some or all of the following:
Acute CEO Syndrome is an acute behavioral condition cataloged by the Institute. It is not recognized by the DSM-5, the ICD-11, or any existing diagnostic framework — and will not be, because it is not a real condition. It is, however, observed in the population with alarming frequency.
In the Institute's formal nomenclature, this condition is catalogued under the Latin binomial Dux imaginaria nullius — a name not recognized by any medical authority but observed repeatedly in the catalog.
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