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Patient's ex ended the relationship 14 months ago. Patient thought they were fine. Was fine. Then saw them, today, at a Trader Joe's. Now, at 10:47 PM, they are crying in their kitchen, confused and frustrated that they are crying. 'I should be over this by now' has been said, internally, eight times in an hour.
Chronic. Healing is not linear, as the internet keeps saying.
None. A physician with actual credentials would be more useful than our paperwork.
Patients with Chronic Should-Be-Over-This Guilt typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Chronic Should-Be-Over-This Guilt — 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: Culpa recurrentis vulneris. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
Think you have it? Find out what else you might be suffering from at the diagnosis generator. Or browse the full index of afflictions.