Good Shit Syndrome: Quick Reference Guide

So, September is Good Shit Awareness Month. All hail. No monetary contributions required. Sorry for the use of the word "shit". I considered substituting the word "stuff" but it just didn't seem to fill the bill.

All over the world people are doing charitable public awareness campaigns. And it's all so negative. Children crying. Massive suffering. Blood. Gore. I have to admit, with the deluge of needy messages across all media competing with each other for disposable income, I've gone more than a bit "cause blind". With one exception. Try not to cry.

The new cause is aimed at those suffering from Good Shit Syndrome (GSS). Those suffering from this affliction often go unnoticed. These people deal with an incurable and debilitating disease that is often invisible to the eye but to some, mark the end to personal negativity, social media indignity and indicate the beginnings of only being allowed onto sappy girly daytime talk shows. Once the affliction sets in, it cannot be cured but with recent advances in science, it can be controlled.

The effects of Good Shit Syndrome causes one's Indignity Protection System (IPS) to freak out and begin to attack unhealthy personal behaviors and understandable inconsiderate habits. No one knows why, but the result of this attack can be anything from an unhealthy attraction to animals in need of saving to trolling the internet leaving helpful comments to stocking one's house floor-to-ceiling with preserved food waiting to be donated to food banks (leading to the necessity for interventions in hotel rooms and months of rehab) to the failure to refuse giving responses to those in need. Heck, you might also be able to accept entertainment and news reporters as media stars and consider Jason Alexander effective in a serious role. Effective rehabilitation seems dependent on who you are and how severe this affliction hits.

Once you realize you have Good Shit Syndrome, you must try to figure out which of a number of possible infections you may have because there are more than one and you may have a number of them and they can feed on one another. Treatments for these afflictions vary and work differently on different people, which leads to individuals possibly retaining a variety of normal negative behaviors. Some can work and carry out a normal, jaded life inconsiderate of others. Others cannot.

So let's not forget those afflicted with Good Shit Syndrome. They fight a hard battle.