shell shock

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Shell-shock being, Rivers believes, a kind of withdrawal from a reality too terrible to contemplate, its victims are involved in a "hopeless attempt to forget".

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2012

Shell-shock victims are always prejudicially affected by air raids.

From The Shrieking Pit by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)

Shell-shock, Forest tells me, is a curious thing, resulting in many forms of mania.

From The Sky Line of Spruce by Marshall, Edison

Shell-shock was but very imperfectly understood at the beginning of the war.

From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir

Shell-shock or the aftermath of illness from wounds left them in weakened health, subject to violent heart attacks.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by March, Francis Andrew