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Patient cannot stop the autoplay countdown. Has watched eight consecutive episodes of a show they actively dislike. Is still watching now.
Worsens with every cliffhanger. No treatment effective after 11 PM.
Incurable. 'Are you still watching?' is interpreted as an invitation.
Patients with Compulsive One-More-Episode Syndrome typically present with some or all of the following:
Compulsive One-More-Episode Syndrome is a compulsive behavioral condition cataloged by the Institute. It is not recognized by the DSM-5, the ICD-11, or any existing diagnostic framework — and will not be, because it is not a real condition. It is, however, observed in the population with alarming frequency.
In the Institute's formal nomenclature, this condition is catalogued under the Latin binomial Netflix tyrannica nocturna — a name not recognized by any medical authority but observed repeatedly in the catalog.
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