Patient has one (1) designated chair in the bedroom, and that chair has not been sat on in approximately four years. It is now a geological formation of jeans worn once, a fleece from last October, three tote bags, a bra that may or may not be clean, and a wedding-guest dress that was never returned to the closet. Too dirty for the wardrobe. Too clean for the wash. The chair itself is, at this point, load-bearing.
Chronic. The pile only grows.
None. Moving it to the floor is not a treatment, it is a downgrade to a floordrobe.
Patients with Terminal Chairdrobe Accumulation typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Terminal Chairdrobe Accumulation β a terminal 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: Sella vestiarius perpetuus. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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