Stupor, Mutism, and Negativism on the surface appear to have some overlapping features.  Of all the features of catatonia that non-experts might be able to describe, stupor and mutism are like the ones.  They are also the most common signs.  A patient is not entirely unconscious, but they don’t move, they stare forward, they don’t talk, and they don’t follow commands.

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