Patient got dressed this morning on total autopilot. It was a normal morning. They do not remember the getting-dressed part specifically. Arrived at work. Sat down. Realized, at 11:14 AM, that their t-shirt was on inside-out. A colleague was, at this point, aware but had said nothing out of kindness. The day continues.
Chronic. Autopilot compliance is near 100% before 8 AM.
None. A pre-exit mirror check would add 14 seconds and thus be unfeasible.
Patients with Pathological Autopilot Dressing typically present with some or all of the following:
Pathological Autopilot Dressing is a pathological 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 Vestis matutina obliviosus — a name not recognized by any medical authority but observed repeatedly in the catalog.
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