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alt ptsd

The irrational fear or paranoia that every new member joining an online community is a disguised alternative account alt of a previously banned or troublesome user
Please stop blaming newcomers as alts, you're developing alt ptsd!
by BakeWithMe February 7, 2025
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Lag PTSD

Abstract: When you’ve been playing with bad specs all your life, causing you to feel like you’re framing and lagging even when you got a good PC.

Lag PTSD is the mental state of feeling like your PC is performing bad, when it is performing perfectly fine. As the name suggests, this condition is caused when a person has played or watched media all their life with a bad PC. This causes them to frame and lag frequently, and them having a less than average time gaming. Then, after they got used to their PC’s bad performance, when they get an actually good PC they continue to feel like they’re lagging and framing, even if the PC is tearing through the game at QHD 144+ FPS.

One of the more versatile solution to countering this is to have the game’s performance tab open. Seeing the frame counter at a stable and desired number can quell any feelings of lag and framing. Additionally, if this condition takes the variant of only occurring in retrospect, remind yourself that you can likely play Cyberpunk at 60 FPS+.

Lag PTSD can be caused by having less than 60 FPS on even the lightest of games at minimum graphics settings.
“I recently got a PC with a 9800X3D and a 5070 TI. I still feel like I’m lagging though. I lowkey might have lag PTSD.”
by asdffrfrnocap October 1, 2025
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Post Traumatic Sesh Disorder (PTSD)

The trauma caused by a consistent over-indulgent relationship with ‘the sesh’. Commonly experienced post-festival or after a particularly heavy weekend of drug based debauchery.
Pretty sure I’ve got Post Traumatic Sesh Disorder (PTSD) after boshing through those 3 for a £100 bags last weekend
by Bristol2222 January 11, 2023
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Biscuit Tube PTSD

Post traumatic stress disorder caused by being startled by a biscuit tube popping open when it is tapped on a counter top edge.

When you unwrap the first cardboard layer of a biscuit tube and you’re about to hit the tube on the counter edge to pop it open, but you hesitate, knowing it will startle you… that is Biscuit Tube PTSD.
As I took the biscuit tube from the refrigerator, I felt my Biscuit Tube PTSD start to act up. In that moment I had a flashback of the time I was startled by the biscuit tube popping. Sometimes I wonder if the tube will explode causing an injury.
by Elsewhere63726 March 27, 2023
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Post-Traumatic Slack Disorder (PTSD)

A chronic condition caused by repeated incidents of Slack Shaming, excessive @channel pings, or being publicly corrected in front of your digital peers. Symptoms include fear of typing in any channel, cold sweats before hitting "send," overuse of drafts, and the haunting sound of the Slack notification plink in your nightmares.
Ever since I posted that meme in #finance instead of #fun-stuff, I’ve had Post-Traumatic Slack Disorder (PTSD). I triple-check every channel now and haven’t used @here in 6 months
by Jellogod May 7, 2025
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