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Patient's cat Pickles has, for six years, treated every vacuum session as a personal declaration of war. Flees behind the couch. Will not emerge for 40 minutes after vacuum is powered off. Patient now vacuums around Pickles, at a respectful distance. The rug under the couch has not been vacuumed since 2019. Patient has made peace with this.
Chronic. The standoff is now a household accord.
None. The rug remains, technically, a no-go zone.
Patients with Severe Vacuum Cleaner Pet Standoff typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Severe Vacuum Cleaner Pet Standoff — 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: Bellum aspiratoris domesticus. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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