catatonic
Rigid and unresponsive
Catatonic describes a state of unresponsiveness or immobility, originally a psychiatric term for patients who remain rigid and unmoving, sometimes for hours.
The word now commonly describes anyone frozen or stupefied: She sat catatonic in front of the TV, The news left him nearly catatonic.
The noun catatonia names the clinical condition.
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- stuporSuspended sensibility
- mutismAbsence of speech
- negativismDisposition to oppose everything
waxy flexibility · posturing · echolalia · neuroleptic · antipsychotics · benzodiazepines · lorazepam · electroconvulsive
Without voice or sound
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- blankWithout marks or content
- vacantWithout an occupant
- staringGazing without break
unblinking · expressionless · glassy-eyed · detached · disconnected · unreactive · insensible · nonverbal
Solidified by extreme cold
- rigidUnable to bend
- motionlessLacking all movement
- statuesqueTall, graceful, dignified
- paralyzedUnable to move voluntarily
unmoving · stiff · fixed · rooted · mannequin · waxen · petrified · immobile
Bewildered mental state
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- stupefactionMental numbness from shock
- torporInactive, sluggish state
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
numbness · insensibility · oblivion · vegetative · semiconscious · fugue · twilight state · blackout
Resembling reanimated dead
- shell-shockedMentally broken by combat
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- traumatizedEmotionally damaged by experience
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
deer in headlights · spaced-out · numb · comatose · lifeless · brain-dead
schizophrenia
Psychotic disorder with delusions
negativism · waxy flexibility · posturing · echolalia · neuroleptic · antipsychotics · benzodiazepines · lorazepam · electroconvulsive · hospitalization
mute
Without voice or sound
staring · unblinking · expressionless · glassy-eyed · detached · disconnected · unreactive · insensible · nonverbal · silent
frozen
Solidified by extreme cold
- rigidUnable to bend
- motionlessLacking all movement
- statuesqueTall, graceful, dignified
paralyzed · unmoving · stiff · fixed · rooted · mannequin · waxen · petrified · immobile · locked
daze
Bewildered mental state
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- stupefactionMental numbness from shock
- torporInactive, sluggish state
lethargy · numbness · insensibility · oblivion · vegetative · semiconscious · fugue · twilight state · blackout · unaware
zombie-like
Resembling reanimated dead
- shell-shockedMentally broken by combat
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- traumatizedEmotionally damaged by experience
overwhelmed · deer in headlights · spaced-out · numb · comatose · lifeless · brain-dead
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- incapacitatedunconscious, knocked out, out cold, passed out, comatose
- mental healthpsychiatry, psychotherapy, mental illness, psychiatrist, therapist
- therapy patientsinpatient, outpatient, rehab patient
catatonichyperactive
Excessively energetic, easily distracted
hyperkinetic · animated · kinetic · active · restless
catatonicexpressive
Showing feelings outwardly
demonstrative · animated · effusive · emotive · theatrical