Patient catches their reflection in a storefront and conducts a full wellness check — hair, teeth, side profile, the turn. Nods once at their own face. Continues walking as if nothing happened. Repeats the audit at every reflective surface on the block. Total audits per city walk: approximately twelve.
Worsens on days effort has been made.
No cure. Removing storefronts is not feasible.
Patients with Acute Shop-Window Self-Audit typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Acute Shop-Window Self-Audit — an acute condition cataloged for archival purposes and shared for patient use. No prescription exists. No intervention has been shown effective. Recognition is the primary benefit of diagnosis.
Formal name: Reflexio publica narcissistica. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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