Violet* syndrome

Definition

Violet syndrome is a syndrome that almost all of us are suffering from. By us, I mean everyone who is born in the country (boundary) with 'abundance of jewels' aka "marz-e por gohar". The severity of this syndrome varies for different individuals but if you, for some reason, decide or even are forced to reside outside that 'boundary', you are having, beyond reasonable doubt, a moderate to very tense case of this syndrome as this syndrome is activated as soon as one leaves or is about to leave the boundary. This syndrome, however not life threatening in most cases, may not bother you on daily basis, but it does come to surface every now and then and does its subsequent damage to your mental health to say the least.

Diagnosis and symptoms

The most significant symptom of this syndrome is the limitation and the restraints that it applies to your traveling freedom. This means that every time you want to travel outside that 'boundary' or to any given country - and this covers almost every destination on this planet with one or two exceptions - you are forced to go through a certain process called visa application process. There are many confirmed cases of people with this syndrome who have expressed pain and anguish (to different degrees), physical and mental distress, unnecessary loss of time and money, humiliation, discrimination and etc. while going through the latter process solely due to this syndrome. In some severe cases, the effect of this syndrome extends beyond traveling matters as it may reduce your employment or study opportunities and subject your future plans and progress to unpleasant halts. In diagnostics of this syndrome, I must add that the severity of it depends on the fact that how much one is bothered by these limitations or how many times one faces situations where such syndrome is the cause of major obstacles.

Causes

As mentioned before, this syndrome is caused by the fact that you are born within that boundary and therefore, are entitled to own a beautifully brown colored passport - i.e. the distinct sign of the syndrome - with the seal of 'that government'. The uncanny intelligence that the leaders of that government have used consistently throughout the years has caused the country to grow an amicable and mutually respected political relationship with most of the countries in the world and this has led to irrational and unnecessary suffering of many of our fellow citizens.

Prognosis

Unfortunately, there is not much that you can do to avoid or prevent getting this syndrome. Your parents, if they plan in advance and foresee such thing, most probably due the fact that they had to experience it, can prevent it for their future child. However, depending on your country of residence, after many efforts and going through many bureaucratic operations, you may be able to find a cure for this and remove the harmful effects of this syndrome to a great extent.


* I chose the name 'Violet' for this syndrome since a good friend of ours - with the same name - had a severe case of it.