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Patient refers to themselves as Bailey's mom in contexts where Bailey is not present and could not be relevant. Has corrected a coworker who said 'your dog' with 'my daughter, actually.' Bailey is eleven. Patient's Instagram bio begins with the dog. Actual human children, if present, come after.
Permanent. The identity has fused. Removing the dog would require a new personality.
None. Bailey has a Halloween costume with a matching adult size for the owner.
Patients with Terminal Dog-Parent Identity Fusion typically present with some or all of the following:
Patients diagnosed with Terminal Dog-Parent Identity Fusion present with a cluster of recognizable behaviors we have, on reflection, decided to name. The condition is fictional. The behaviors, unfortunately, are not. Someone in your life is showing at least two of them right now.
The Institute's taxonomic entry lists it as Canis mater identitas totalis, a binomial coined in-house and used nowhere in the peer-reviewed literature.
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