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Patient is replaying, for the fourth time today, a comment they made to their friend Sarah at brunch 72 hours ago. Patient believes it may have been 'too much.' Has texted three other friends to get their read on it. All three said it was fine. Patient does not believe them. Has begun drafting an apology for Sarah. Sarah has not thought about it once.
Chronic. Deteriorates with silence from the party of concern.
None. Three external validations were insufficient.
Patients with Pathological Have-I-Annoyed-Them Loop typically present with some or all of the following:
Pathological Have-I-Annoyed-Them Loop 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 Investigatio offensionis imaginaria — a name not recognized by any medical authority but observed repeatedly in the catalog.
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