In trying to keep my mind off . . . well you know what, this is what I came up with:
New Disorder to be in DSM-V
Obsessive Compulsive Application Disorder (OCAD)
5 of the following 7 criteria must be present:
1) Several discrete (or not) episodes of failure to resist aggressive impulses that result in bringing up applications and/or graduate programs at inappropriate times.
2) Recurrent failure to resist impulses to check email at inappropriate times (e.g. in a movie theatre, at work, on a date).
3) No pleasure, gratification, or relief when checking email unless email contains new message from one of potential graduate programs.
4) Irritability or aggressiveness, often taken out on others applying to the same graduate programs.
5) Chronic feelings of emptiness.
6) Has a sense of entitlement (i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations).
7) The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.