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Patient has, in the last four weeks, explained every single emotional state using the phrase 'I am just tired.' Sad? Just tired. Angry? Just tired. Spiraled for 40 minutes about a comment from 2018? Just tired. Has, technically, slept 8 hours most nights. The tiredness is, apparently, a general condition. It is also, transparently, something else.
Chronic. 'Just tired' has absorbed all other feelings.
None. A physician with actual credentials would be more useful than our paperwork.
Patients with Severe I-m-Just-Tired Cover Story typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Severe I-m-Just-Tired Cover Story — 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: Defensio fatigationis universalis. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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