Glossary C

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Cataracts refer to opaque spots on the lens of the eye, usually experienced by older people.

Deutsch: Katastrophe / Español: Catástrofe / Português: Catástrofe / Français: Catastrophe / Italiano: Catastrofe

Catastrophe in psychology refers to a sudden, significant event that causes intense emotional or psychological distress. This term is often used in contexts such as trauma, stress response, or cognitive distortions, where individuals perceive or experience events as overwhelmingly negative or disastrous. Catastrophes can be real-life events, such as natural disasters, or internal perceptions amplified by anxiety or stress.

Catastrophic thinking refers to unrealistic appraisals of stress that exaggerate the magnitude of one's problems.

Catastrophizing means ignoring possibilities and predicting absolute failure, example
"It doesn't matter how we earn this year , we can't already earn, so the year is already a failure."

Catatonia refers to a state of mental disorder in which a person seems detached from reality and oblivious to environmental stimuli and whose behavior alternates between immobility and excited agitation;

Catatonic refers to a persom with Catatonia or Catatonic Schizophrenia which is characterized by marked motor abnormalities including immobility (catalepsy or stupor), excessive motor activity (purposeless agitation), extreme negativism, mutism, posturing or stereotyped movements, Echolalia, and/or Echopraxia.

catatonic immobility refers to disturbance of motor behavior in which the person remains motionless, sometimes in an awkward posture, for extended period of time

Catatonic posturing refer to semi-stiff poses or postures assumed by people with Catatonic-type schizophrenia; this posturing or posing can be remain fixed for hours or days.