Catatonia

Abstract

5. Karl Barakall, Latvian, peasant farmer for 24 years, comes from a healthy family; between the family of the patient, no one suffered from mental or nervous diseases. K.B. was always healthy and nothing abnormal was suppressed to the point of real illness. In June 1893, he once came from the field before the end of the work, complained of a headache, prayed, talked about his crimes, and did not attribute to himself any crimes that were not perfect by him, but only exaggerated the meaning of really perfect ones: rarely went to scolded, etc. He was looking for a rope and at the same time said that he needed it in order to hang himself; they began to persuade him not to think about suicide and he now promised that he would not encroach on his life; he was apparently pleased with the participation of his relatives, and when they persuaded him, he was pleased and calm, hugged them, kissed them, but he himself did not speak and responded briefly but reasonably to the persistent repeated appeals to him. From that day on, he stopped working, walked aimlessly in the fields or stood motionless in one place for several hours; iml pensive vid; he ate a lot and willingly, but only when he was served; he himself did not ask for and did not seek food; was neat, did not express any awkward thoughts, treated things with care and politely with people, fulfilled all orders, none of his relatives and worked when he was ordered, but so slowly that he interfered more than was useful, why they forced him to work harder and more. He did not walk as before and not as people walk; his gait was imaginative, but always different from the usual one - he walked very slowly, sometimes swinging on the sides, sometimes very large, sometimes very small steps, then throwing his head back, then bending over like an old man, etc. His soul was like - would be in another place "," he turned into a statue. " However, when walking through the fields, he did not trample the bread and always returned home on time. One day he poured a bucket of milk on the ground; he was reproached and asked why he did it, to which he answered only: I dont know; he was told that if he did anything harmful, he would be locked up and after that he really didnt do anything worthy of blame.