shell shock
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The baroque, narrative-upon-narrative approach of “La Bola Negra” proves less galvanizing than tiresome, its confused maximalism leaving one with little more than a mild case of cinematic shell shock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
At its peak during the Korean War, 5,000 men were living and being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder, then known as shell shock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
During the years it was operating as a shell shock hospital Craiglockhart's small staff of doctors and nurses treated somewhere between 1,500 and 1,800 patients.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2023
Those dealing with shell shock often had to be sent to hospitals far from the frontlines, and recovery was exceedingly slow as psychologists tried to help them reenter peacetime society.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
“It was called shell shock and combat fatigue and startle reaction.”
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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