Patient's partner now calls at least nine other people 'babe,' including the barista, a plumber, and two coworkers whose names are unknown. The term has lost all meaning.
The word is now a verbal reflex.
None. The partner does not notice they are doing it.
Patients with Chronic 'Babe' Escalation Syndrome typically present with some or all of the following:
Chronic 'Babe' Escalation Syndrome was added to the Institute catalog in response to a pattern our clinicians kept seeing. The pattern did not have a real name. This is the real name now. Everything about this entry is made up, except the behavior.
The Institute has assigned this condition the Latin binomial Terminus affeccionis dispersus — fictional nomenclature for a non-fictional pattern.
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