Karentitis DSM-5 — Signs, Symptoms, and Risk Factors

Karentitis is an illness that causes sufferers to behave in a hostile, erratic, and delusional manner. Karentitis is an illness that is psychosocial in nature. Those who suffer from Karentitis are impulsive, quick to anger, and illogical in their thinking, moods, and behavior. Sufferers of Karentitis lack self-control and emotional stability. Karentitis affects white women from the United States, most prevalently during middle age and beyond, though the sufferer can be younger, and rarely, of other races and genders. Darentitis is suffered by white men, but because of socialization, they are less likely to present symptoms in the same way as women.

The number one risk factor for Karentitis is racism and a superiority complex based on race and gender. Karens are socialized to see their race and gender as a privilege and exemption from punishment and accountability when breaking laws and social norms.

Signs and Symptoms

By the time a Karen appears in a viral video, they have likely been displaying signs and symptoms for some time. Karens typically attack Black men, women, and children; service workers; and other nonwhites. This usually starts with disturbing the peace of BIPOC they come in contact with at work, home, and other public spaces, typically in an attempt to cause trouble for the BIPOC. Other…