Posted by gardenergirl on March 7, 2007, at 14:44:38
In reply to Re: Waxy flexibility, posted by Declan on March 5, 2007, at 18:16:51
It is a pretty good description, though. It describes how with some folks with catatonia, their limbs can be repositioned by others with ease, but they then assume the new pose with rigidity. It's like forming a "sculpture" in wax and then letting it "set up". It is a bit dehumanizing to describe a person's condition in a way that suggests they are more material than being. But the descriptive term does help to understand just what they are talking about.
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