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Patient cannot stop at a red light without revving their engine. The light is 40 seconds. The revving happens within the first 8. A second rev follows before the green. Patient has not measurably gained anything from the two revs. The car does not, technically, require them. A woman in the crosswalk has flinched. Patient perceives this as acknowledgment. It is, structurally, not that.
Chronic. The revving precedes conscious decision.
None. The crosswalk flinch is not, apparently, feedback.
Patients with Pathological Engine-Revving Compulsion typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Pathological Engine-Revving Compulsion — a pathological 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: Pulsatio machinae publica. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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