shell shock

Origin of shell shock

First recorded in 1915–20

shell-shocked, shell·shocked, adjective

His family, friends, and fiancée seem to be in varying stages of shell-shock, or denial.

Deadly Good Looks? |Marcia Clark |April 23, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Shell-shock blindness and paralysis are cured at Seale Hayne Hospital and elsewhere in very “miraculous” fashion.

Psychical Miscellanea |J. Arthur Hill
What do you think would be the effect of shell-shock on a person born of one epileptic parent?

The Shrieking Pit |Arthur J. Rees
When Sir Henry Durwood questioned him he was careful to conceal the fact that he had been a victim of shell-shock.

The Shrieking Pit |Arthur J. Rees

Neither am I suffering from shell-shock, nor even from cold feet.

Cavalry of the Clouds |Alan Bott
Shell-shock and insanity, poison gas and slow strangulation, liquid fire and poison shells.

Great Britain at War |Jeffery Farnol

shell shock

loss of sight, memory, etc, resulting from psychological strain during prolonged engagement in warfare Also called: combat neurosis

shell shock

combat fatigue