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Patient and their dog Otis look out the window at light rain for 40 minutes, both negotiating. Patient has attempted to convince Otis to go in the yard. Otis has stared. Otis has sat. Otis has walked to the door and sat again. The walk has been postponed. It is 4:30 PM.
Chronic. Weather apps are checked hourly.
Untreatable. The dog has opinions about drizzle.
Patients with Severe Rainy-Day Walk Avoidance typically present with some or all of the following:
Severe Rainy-Day Walk Avoidance was added to the Institute catalog in response to a pattern our clinicians kept seeing. The pattern did not have a real name. This is the real name now. Everything about this entry is made up, except the behavior.
The Institute has assigned this condition the Latin binomial Fuga ambulationis aquatica — fictional nomenclature for a non-fictional pattern.
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