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Patient has not missed a fantasy-football draft in 11 consecutive seasons. Patient has missed: their anniversary in 2021, their nephew's baptism in 2022, and a pediatric ER visit in 2023 because 'the trade deadline was running.' The league is, in patient's categorization, 'just fun.' The partner has, at this point, stopped expecting the weekends of September through January. The calendar is, structurally, a league calendar with family events scheduled around it.
Chronic. The draft cannot, apparently, be moved.
None. 'It's only four months' has been said eleven consecutive seasons.
Patients with Severe Fantasy-Football-Over-Family Priority typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Severe Fantasy-Football-Over-Family Priority — a severe 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: Lusus imaginarius prae familia. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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