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Patient scrolls through their old photos for evidence that they once had a social life. Finds a 2019 brunch. Finds a 2021 birthday. Zooms in on faces of people they no longer speak to. Closes the app. Opens it again. It is 11:42 PM on a Thursday.
Chronic. Deteriorates on Sunday nights.
Untreatable. The 2019 brunch, unfortunately, is not coming back.
Patients with Terminal Invitation-Archaeology Disorder typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Terminal Invitation-Archaeology Disorder — 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: Memoria invitationum perdita. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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