A thing I've read that's really intriguing: Catatonia / myLot

Philippines

November 7, 2016 5:51am CST

Hello! I'm back from my months-long hiatus. Being a psych major is hard so I can't stay on mylot for long periods of time. Anyway, I was curious about faces in their normal state so I read about it in wikipedia until I reached a psychiatric condition called Catatonia. Catatonia is like an epileptic seizure. However, it is characterized by a wax-like seizure instead of the shaky ones that you see in movies. The body won't move on its own. If you move a limb of a catatonia-afflicted person, it will stay in the position that you put it even though it looks painful. I wouldn't want to be afflicted one. How about you?

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marguicha

@marguicha (230334)

• Chile

7 Nov 16

I think that this state is not so simple as you put it. If I were you, I´d read it in a book of psychiatry.

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Cruz

@Tierkreisze (1609)

• Philippines

7 Nov 16

You're right. It seems I was actually talking about waxy flexibility instead of catatonia.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230334)

• Chile

8 Nov 16

@Tierkreisze But catatonia is very interesting. Check it.

Stephen Ray

@JediYoda (1646)

• Samoa

28 May 17

Me either, who wants to have that sort of condition? But is there any medical cure for it?

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Cruz

@Tierkreisze (1609)

• Philippines

28 May 17

Well, it depends. But mostly yes. Since Catatonia is a symptom for a worse mental disorder, psychiatrists need to treat it and then find what really causes it. Sometimes, it is because a person is suffering from a really painful emotion. But mostly, it is associated with being unable to see the difference between what is real and what is imagination.

Lee Ka

@kaka135 (14994)

• Malaysia

21 Nov 16

I didn't know about that. I have once seen my ex-colleague was having seizure while she was in the office. I didn't know how to help at all. I guess it's better to ask expert to help.

maezee

@maezee (41985)

• United States

7 Nov 16

That sounds scary. What causes it, do you know? And good luck with school. Are you in undergrad or grad school? Either way hope its going well.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Nov 16

That sounds very strange. Fancy the limbs staying where you put them.

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Cruz

@Tierkreisze (1609)

• Philippines

7 Nov 16

Its called waxy flexibility. I thought it was all of catatonia at first but actually its just a part of it. Still, imagine a depressed man not caring what you do to him, though.

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