Patient insists on taking the group photo at a birthday dinner. Counts down from three. Gets it wrong, twice. Fourteen photos in, four people have closed their eyes simultaneously. It is dark now. They say 'just one more.' Eleven minutes have passed. The cake is melting.
Permanent. 'One more' has been said six times.
No cure. The phone will not be surrendered.
Patients with Chronic Group Photo Director Syndrome typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Chronic Group Photo Director Syndrome — 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: Numeratio photographica erronea. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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