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Patient changes into gym clothes at home, drives 22 minutes to the gym in full workout attire, and drives home sweating in the same clothes afterward. Refuses to enter the locker room for any reason. Showers at home, regardless of post-gym plans. The lockers have never seen their face.
Permanent. The locker room remains a no-go zone.
None. Showering at home is, apparently, non-negotiable.
Patients with Terminal Locker Room Avoidance Syndrome typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Terminal Locker Room Avoidance Syndrome — 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: Fuga vestiariorum compulsiva. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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