Partner is chronically, mysteriously too busy for patient — but has posted three gym selfies, attended two dinners, and finished a show this week. Busyness is perfectly timed.
Permanent. Schedule is full for the patient specifically.
None. Making plans in advance does not help.
Patients with Chronic Fake-Busy Relationship typically present with some or all of the following:
Chronic Fake-Busy Relationship 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 Occupatio fictitia selectiva — fictional nomenclature for a non-fictional pattern.
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