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Patient, when alone in the kitchen, opens the fridge and drinks pickle juice directly from the jar. Has done this 14 times this month. Considers it a secret. Is unaware that their partner has heard it (the sound is distinctive) and also does it. Neither has raised the issue. The jar is running low at a rate that concerns no one.
Chronic. Consumption frequency is inversely correlated with observation.
None. Both household members are performing the ritual independently.
Patients with Chronic Pickle-Juice Solo Ritual typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Chronic Pickle-Juice Solo Ritual — 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: Succus acidus solitarius. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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