Origins
From misdirection, shortened and fused with the medical-sounding cadence of -exia to echo compulsion without naming a diagnosis. The name frames concealment as a patterned behavior.
Meaning
Misdirexia is the mental gymnastics of making our addiction hard to see.
We hide things in “genius” places, we invent explanations early, we keep two versions of the day. We feel a thin satisfaction when the performance works, and a low panic when it almost doesn’t.
The effort becomes constant, and the cleverness becomes the cage.
Usage
I was deep in Misdirexia, planning hiding spots and backup stories like it was strategy.