unresponsiveness

detachment

Separation or emotional uninvolvement

• numbnessLoss of sensation
• coldnessLow temperature state
• aloofnessEmotional unavailability, standoffishness

indifference · withdrawal · stonewalling · apathy · disengagement · impassivity · shutting down · emotional distance · blank expression · vacant stare

silence

Total lack of sound

• ignoringDeliberately not noticing
• ghostingAbruptly ceasing all communication
• stonewallingDeliberately refusing to respond

unanswered · unreturned · radio silence · cold shoulder · brushoff · dismissiveness · evasion · avoidance · neglect · snubbing

bureaucracy

Rigid administrative system

• red tapeBureaucratic obstacles to action
• inactionDeliberate nonmovement
• negligenceFailure to exercise care

foot-dragging · delay · runaround · buck-passing · stonewalling · indifference · unaccountability · gridlock · stagnation · inefficiency

coma

Unwakeable unconsciousness

• unconsciousnessComplete lack of awareness
• stuporSuspended sensibility
• paralysisLoss of muscle function

catatonia · syncope · fainting · blackout · brainstem · flatline · life support · sedation · anesthesia · shock

lag

Period of falling behind

• latencyDelay in system response
• frozenSolidified by extreme cold
• hungFastened from above

crashed · timeout · buffering · loading · spinning wheel · blue screen · glitch · malfunction · system failure · server down

• detachmentemotional numbness, detached, dispassion, disengaged, indifference
• neurological symptomsnumbness, tremor, paralysis, aphasia, ataxia
• catatoniacatalepsy, waxy flexibility, mutism, stupor, posturing
• death signsrigor mortis, flatline, brain death, dilated pupils, decomposition
• dying signsdeath rattle, mottling, mottled skin, cold extremities, cyanosis
• emotional neglectneglect, emotional neglect, emotional unavailability, emotional deprivation, emotional distance