Patient has been in the Target parking lot for 14 minutes looking for a spot closer than the row of empty spaces 90 feet from the entrance. Has now driven past a clearly available space three times because it felt 'too far.' The walk to the store from the original space would have taken 40 seconds.
Chronic. Worsens in rain.
Untreatable. The space is out there.
Patients with Chronic Parking-Lot Circling Compulsion typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Chronic Parking-Lot Circling Compulsion — 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: Circuitus parcaginis infinitus. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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