catatonic
— Permanent Record (Edward Snowden), Loc. 1907–7
Catatonic:
adjective
Of or pertaining to catatonia; suffering from catatonia. Appearing mentally stupefied, unresponsive, and motionless, or almost so; seemingly unaware of one’s environment. Of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia.
Catatonia:
Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome in which a person becomes markedly unresponsive to their environment, often showing little movement, speech, or reaction, sometimes holding unusual postures for long periods. It is a group of symptoms that can occur with various psychiatric, neurological, or medical conditions.
Also:
noun
An abnormal condition variously characterized by stupor, stereotypy, mania, and either rigidity or extreme flexibility of the limbs. It is most often associated with schizophrenia.
An abnormal behavioral syndrome characterized by stupor, negativism, and muscular rigidity, sometimes alternating with purposeless excitement, and seen most frequently in schizophrenia; called also catatonic schizophrenia.
A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.