A condition usually found in Soldiers, where a traumatic experience forces the
person into a state of shock, such as being in the proximity of an exploding Artillery
shell (Hence Shellshock). They are quite often rendered completely incapacitated without suffering any physical damage. This is also often confused with
PTSD.
The Marine began to
run across the pitted sand, when the Howitzer
shell hit next to him. He was launched into the
air, and when he landed, he lay stiff as a board, on the verge of sobbing, he had been shellshocked.