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Chronic Mixed-Signal Addiction

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CHRONIC
Diagnosis
Chronic Mixed-Signal Addiction
Inconsistentus stimulans amoris
Clinical description

Patient is energized exclusively by unclear signals. A direct 'I like you' triggers an ick. A 'maybe' triggers a three-week infatuation.

Prognosis

Clarity is fatal to interest.

Recommended treatment

None. Healthy communication has been tried and found boring.

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Common symptoms

Patients with Chronic Mixed-Signal Addiction typically present with some or all of the following:

What is this?

Patients diagnosed with Chronic Mixed-Signal Addiction present with a cluster of recognizable behaviors we have, on reflection, decided to name. The condition is fictional. The behaviors, unfortunately, are not. Someone in your life is showing at least two of them right now.

The Institute's taxonomic entry lists it as Inconsistentus stimulans amoris, a binomial coined in-house and used nowhere in the peer-reviewed literature.

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