Table 2.

Thoughts experienced during a catatonic episode

Description of thoughts
“Missing my mother”
“Missing my mother and my family”
“Missing my family”
“Missing my grandmother who passed away”
“Missing my grandmother and my kids”
“Thinking of my home, my father, my mother, and my family”
“I was wondering why I was there”
“I was wondering why I was admitted and not with my family”
“Death. Not caring about anything, even my children. Not knowing what was to come next”
“Thinking of my mother; thinking that something bad was going to happen”
“I was asking myself why I was here in hospital”
“They are coming to attack me”
“I will be killed”
“They are avoiding me” (other patients and staff)