Catatonia - Mr Bu

Mr Bu began with a sudden urge to name my characters. Most of my characters don't have a name, i find it difficult to name them - perhaps that the stories are so short that they are strangers to me - and i'm, we're just eavesdropping into their lives, so they don't need to have names.

Well, i suppose I need to try harder.

Catatonia is a psychological condition/disorder, described in wikipedia as:

Patients with catatonia may experience an extreme loss of motor skills or even constant hyperactive motor activity. Catatonic patients will sometimes hold rigid poses for hours and will ignore any external stimuli. Patients with catatonic excitement can die of exhaustion if not treated. Patients may also show stereotyped, repetitive movements. They may show specific types of movement such as waxy flexibility, in which they maintain positions after being placed in them by someone else, or gegenhalten (lit. "counterhold"), in which they resist movement in proportion to the force applied by the examiner. They may repeat meaningless phrases or speak only to repeat what the examiner says.

Awakenings starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro is a really nice show about some catatonic people... (it was adapted from a book). I highly recommend watching it.

A friend on facebook had asked me to try to continue the story. But at this point in time, I don't know how. Though I would really like to try...