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Severe Playlist-Control Disorder

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SEVERE
Diagnosis
Severe Playlist-Control Disorder
Auxilius authoritas absolutus
Clinical description

Patient cannot enter a moving vehicle without immediate, non-negotiable access to the aux cable. Will not release it. Has ruined a friend's birthday over a genre dispute.

Prognosis

Permanent. The playlist is curated for an audience of one.

Recommended treatment

None. A request for a song is treated as a challenge.

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Common symptoms

Patients with Severe Playlist-Control Disorder typically present with some or all of the following:

What is this?

Severe Playlist-Control Disorder is a severe behavioral condition cataloged by the Institute. It is not recognized by the DSM-5, the ICD-11, or any existing diagnostic framework β€” 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 Auxilius authoritas absolutus β€” a name not recognized by any medical authority but observed repeatedly in the catalog.

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