18 year old girl with Catatonic Schizophrenia

(onset of

schizophrenia

in an 18-

year

-old

girl

) (feelings of duplication, mechanization and psychomotor disorder) Could you explain to us why you were admitted to the psychiatric hospital? Yes, they admitted me to the hospital. I made an appointment because I was very nervous. At work, I couldn't type on the typewriter and felt alienated from people. I also felt like everyone was following me. Everywhere I went, I saw someone. behind me That really scared me I was really afraid of people Why? For no real reason. I was simply afraid of them. So you felt like you were being followed?

Yes, that was my impression. Not necessarily in an evil way but... When I moved my arm, it felt like all eyes were pointed in my direction. I felt threatened by someone specific? Not everyone. Everyone was mad at me and that scared me. Had this been going on for a long time? Yes, for three weeks before I made the appointment here at the hospital. Were there other things that bothered you? Yes, I couldn't control my fingers anymore. I couldn't move them. It was like he was frozen in place. What does that mean? When I tried to move, I could only move my entire body at once.

It was impossible to coordinate my gestures and movements together. Was it like your body had changed? Yes, I felt like I was being torn in two. I felt very uncomfortable. I really felt like they were breaking me in two, for example when I went to work. What do you mean by divide? It almost felt like a dual consciousness of 2 different people between when I was at work and at home. Could you give more details? Yes At work I was very afraid of my boss. She was being very sweet, but I couldn't help it. I always feared her, from the beginning, even when she tried to reassure me.

There was also another person I was afraid of, even though they always supported me. Unconsciously I was so afraid that I couldn't type on the typewriter anymore. My fingers would get stiff. And when I tried to turn around... I felt like... I was inside a... As if I was in armor I had become an automaton