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Patient is internally losing it while externally presenting as the 'calm dad' during a toddler meltdown in a restaurant. Voice is low. Face is soft. Heart rate is 132. Will reveal the true emotional state only in the car, later, to the windshield. The performance is, technically, working. It is also cracking.
Chronic. Facade endures until the next incident.
None. The windshield has absorbed a lot.
Patients with Terminal 'Dad Is Calm' Performance typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Terminal 'Dad Is Calm' Performance — 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: Simulatio parentalis tranquillitatis. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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