UNTREATABLE.COM
Patient learned, in 2019, that crying at work was 'unprofessional.' Has not cried at work since. Has, in the last 14 months, cried in the parking garage, in a bathroom stall, in their car, on a Zoom call with video off, and, once, in a supply closet. The supply closet incident was a Tuesday. It was, by patient's own standards, the worst one.
Chronic. The armor has, at this point, fused.
None. The bathroom is, apparently, the emotional airlock.
Patients with Chronic Emotional Armoring at Work typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Chronic Emotional Armoring at Work — a chronic 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: Professionalis mos perpetuus. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
Think you have it? Find out what else you might be suffering from at the diagnosis generator. Or browse the full index of afflictions.