An interesting hypothesis about catatonia-
A very interesting hypothesis proposed by Moskowitz (2004) suggests that catatonia may be understood as an evolutionary fear response, originating in ancestral encounters with carnivores whose predatory instincts were triggered by movement. This response, of remaining still, is now expressed in a range of major psychiatric or medical conditions, where catatonic stupor may represent a common ‘end-state’ response to feelings of imminent doom.....

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  1. AnonymousJune 14, 2011 at 9:28 AM

    Could catatonic excitement possibly be the remnant of a similar fear-response? Could it be a remnant of our ancestors' behavior when they encountered a predator giving them a chase, and they had to run around helter-skelter hoping to confuse the predator and throw it off their trail..?

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  2. UnknownJune 14, 2011 at 9:40 AM

    ya possibly..though i dont have any standard reference to give u..

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  3. AnonymousJune 15, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    Hmmm... Perhaps that is an unexplored or unpublished idea??

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