Trauma-Related Terms

noun a state of mental confusion and emotional disturbance

• Many soldiers who experienced the horrors of war suffered from shell shock.
• My great grandfather never talked about his time in the war, I think he had shell shock.
• I heard that guy has major shell shock from his time in combat.
• The unexpected news of his promotion left him in a state of shell shock.

noun extreme fear or dread

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• The country was in a state of terror after the terrorist attack.
• I was terrified when I heard a loud noise in the middle of the night.
• That horror movie was so scary, it gave me the heebie-jeebies.
• The thought of public speaking fills me with terror.