shell shock

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Three-year-old Yuna, who has shell shock, arrived at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden on 17 August and stayed inside her enclosure for a week.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2024

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

Mr. Howard told NBC that his client appeared “dejected and in shell shock — all the things you would expect” while he was remanded to a cell to await sentencing.

From Washington Times • Aug. 14, 2022

And it talks about what was then known as "combat fatigue irritability," which was called "shell shock" earlier.

From Fox News • Nov. 25, 2021

At first, battlefield commanders tended to dismiss shell shock as nothing more than rank cowardice.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman