It is hard to stay sane in this crazy world! Luckily, many of the conditions plaguing Americans today are mild and temporary. Including:
Hairanoia: The suspicion that everybody is just saying they love your new haircut.
Kinsomnia: The inability to fall asleep once one starts thinking about one’s family.
Rexhibitionism: Childhood compulsion to show dinosaur figurines to everyone, even strangers on the street.
Seasonings affective disorder: Manifested by the need to glop Sriracha on things that taste just fine the way they are.
Dementionate: Compulsively nice behavior — the lending of money, sharing of fries, remembering of birthdays — sparking waves of unworthiness on the part of the recipient.
Socialism Anxiety: Inability to converse with anyone who voted for Bernie Sanders.
Hippochondria: The conviction that one’s hips look about a mile wide in the outfit one idiotically chose to wear today.
Angoraphobia: The fear of being way too hot in a sweater.
Delusions of Grandes: Compulsive fantasizing about one’s next Starbucks, even while sipping a Frappuccino right now.
Schleptomania: Going from store to store even though you don’t really know what you want and are maxed out on your credit cards.
Obsessive-Complainer Disorder: Manifests itself in singsong statements of fatigue, boredom and the wish to do, eat or be something else. Also see: whines, whining, whiners, children.
ATMnesia: The inability to remember where you put your bank card moments after you have completed a cash machine transaction.
Post-Traumatic Dress Disorder: Rage and guilt focused on a bride after she has ordered mauve poufy dresses for her bridesmaids, and you are one of them.
Psyintology: To feel wildly conflicting emotions about Tom Cruise. On the one hand, he’s a cult member. On the other hand, my GOD he is STILL gorgeous. And “Maverick” — wow! All is forgiven, Tom! Or is it? No. Yes! No. Yes!
Bi-Stroller Disorder: To experience violent fantasies while being stuck behind someone with a double stroller hogging the whole sidewalk, especially if that someone is on her phone.
Post-Cardum Depression: Feeling sad looking at old postcards from when you used to bother to write them.
Dysmexia: Confusing tacos and burritos.
Sharkolepsy: Inability to stay awake during shows featuring would-be entrepreneurs.
Clinical Cynical Syndrome: To reply to any idea proposed by a thoughtful adult with “Yeah, right” or “OK already!” Technically known as “adolescence.”
Mallucination: Often triggered by Cinnabon inhalation. Mallucinators see Aeropostale and Yankee Candle stores while staring into space.
Duhlirium: The inability to stop responding with the word “duh” when someone is trying to explain something.
Passive-agassive: The compulsion to make rude noises. (See: “Boys.”)
Festive-aggressive: To insist on wearing a party dress, even to the sandbox. (See: “Girls.”)
Gyromania: Disturbing fixation on delicious lamb sandwiches.
Lawyerism: Compulsive bingeing on anything starring Sam Waterston.
Lenore Skenazy is president of Let Grow, a contributing writer at Reason.com, and author of “Has the World Gone Skenazy?” To learn more about Lenore Skenazy (Lskenazy@yahoo.com) and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.
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