Overload
Shock
Category: Illness or disabilities
Type
Involuntary
Introduction and description
Emotional Shock is somewhat similar to Psychological trauma, the shock comes first, the trauma comes later, as such they are often treated together in medical text books.
Shock (also called acute stress disorder or mental shock) is a psychological condition arising in response to a terrifying or traumatic event. It is not the same as the circulatory condition of shock. Shock is the result of a traumatic event in which the person experiences or witnesses an event that causes the victim/witness to experience extreme fear or stress, and that involves or threatens serious injury, perceived serious injury or death to themselves or someone else. Acute stress reaction is the mind's and body's response to feelings (both perceived and real) of intense helplessness.
Very specific physiological effects occur from shock and they are extreme enough in some circumstances to produce spiritual experiences of a very profound nature – out of body experiences are not uncommon.
Symptoms

The Sympathetic nervous system is affected, both directly and indirectly, through the release of epinephrine and to a lesser extent norepinephrine from the adrenal glands. "Catecholamine hormones facilitate immediate physical reactions by triggering increases in heart rate and breathing, constricting blood vessels in many parts of the body—but not in muscles (vasodilation), brain, lungs, and heart—and tightening muscles". The flight or fight response.
Unfortunately the body releases a flood of epinephrine and norepinephrine. Thus the effect is much the same as an overdose of drugs.
The symptoms typically include an initial state of "daze", with some constriction of the field of consciousness and narrowing of attention, inability to comprehend stimuli, and disorientation.
This state may be quickly followed by either further withdrawal from the surrounding situation (to the extent of a dissociative stupor), or by agitation and overactivity, anxiety, impaired judgement, and confusion. Autonomic signs such as tachycardia, sweating, and flushing are also commonly present. There may be dissociative amnesia.
Thus physically shock produces an overdose of two endogenous neurotransmitters and it is this overdose that is key.
Endocrinology of shock - Woolf PD
The development of shock initiates a cascade of responses in an effort to reestablish homeostasis. Three of the most important hormonal and neurohumoral changes are the secretion of glucocorticoids, catecholamines, and vasopressin. Regulation of adrenal function is much more complex than originally thought. ………….. Norepinephrine and epinephrine levels increase many fold above baseline within minutes of the onset of ….. shock. ………… The levels reached are far in excess of those required to cause both cardiovascular and metabolic alterations. Because of the presence of the endogenous opiates leucine and methionine enkephalin in the neurosecretory granule, it is very likely that the enkephalins are coreleased with the catecholamines, modifying their cardiovascular effects and producing analgesia…………..Vasopressin also is released by pain, nausea, and hypoxia, all of which are likely to be present in the patient with shock.
Treatment

The observations show any medical papers or other examples I have found that have helped with the Treatment of shock.
Doctors will tend to prescribe pharmaceuticals, however, healers will tend to concentrate on those activities that help to calm the system naturally.
For more information see Healing yourself.
How it works
Physically, as we can see a whole host of potential mechanisms can be found which may contribute to the cause of any spiritul experience, but functionally what is being produced is extraordinarily high emotion – emotion so high it is almost off the scale in intensity.
It may be helpful now to have open the Model of spiritual experience and to have read How spiritual experience works.
When we are in shock, the child in us is crying out with pain – the subconscious child. And the intensity of emotion blots everything else out – absolutely everything – Reason, logic, Desires and objectives, obligations and opportunities. Nothing is left except the vast sea of emotional PAIN PAIN PAIN so hard you think it will kill you.
And the Will is overwhelmed. It is somewhat difficult to show this diagramatically, so what you can see on the diagram below is the high intensity and overwhelming input from the functions of the emotions and all the bodily systems which overload the direction system, but have the overall effec of totally incapacitating both the reason function and the Will. We 'can't think straight', we lose the ability to decide. The Will has nothing in its armoury to deal with what is happening – no learnt function - and the sheer intensity of the input tends to paralyse any form of instantaneous learning.
So the Will gives in and the Composer takes over. And we get our spiritual experience.
Related observations
Healing observations
- Aconite - A deadly poison that epitomises the homeopathic principle 020532
- Dr Duke's list of Chemicals and their Biological Activities in: Prunella vulgaris L. (Lamiaceae) -- Heal-All, Self-Heal 018270
- Dr J C Barker - Sudden death, asthma and the need for the will to live 011922
- Dr Trousseau - Deep emotion from any cause and more particularly fright, is a determining cause of St Vitus's dance 026083
- Hack Tuke, Daniel – Healing - Epilepsy cured by a violent shock with trauma 026181
- Hack Tuke, Daniel – Healing - Gout cured by powerful emotions of fear 026189
- Hack Tuke, Daniel – Healing - Oedema and ascites cured by powerful emotions of fear and shock 026193
- Hack Tuke, Daniel – Sickness - Chorea induced by powerful emotions – fright 026082
- The story of Louis V.... as recorded by Mr. Bourru and Mr. Burot in Changements de la personnalité 028180
Hallucination
- Baroness de Boisleve sees her dying son Honore 011395
- Brother's call heard 40 miles away 010120
- Dr Rowland Bowstead sees his dead brother-in-law on the cricket ground 011288
- Dr Trousseau - Deep emotion from any cause and more particularly fright, is a determining cause of St Vitus's dance 026083
- Dramatic fall and surgery cause blindness and hallucinations 010184
- Ernesto Bozzano, Professor - The parapsychological manifestations of animals – 42 Mr. Ernest W. Duxbury’s lady friend’s cat dies, but its ghost still deters mice 028645
- Grimble, Sir Arthur - And the Island of Whistling Spirits 010880
- Hallucinations after operations 013005
- Husband sees wife falling 010117
- I survived 28 hours lost in the Indian Ocean 025931
- J. Turquin, an Instructor in the Ardennes, and the ghost of a 12 year old boy’s cousin 025011
- Leifchild, Reverend John – The death of her son is anticipated by Leifchild’s aunt in an hallucination 026980
- Lethbridge, T C - A Step in the Dark – Action replay of a car accident 021910
- Mrs Agnes Paquet –England - Annales des Sciences psychiques 1891 012959
- Philippine nurse has NDE after car accident .... with after-effects 013056
- PubMed - Ketamine versus Morphine in trauma patients 012010
- Religious Revivals, visions, hallucinations and other side-effects 026079
- Rod Fryer hears his brother call out 010869
- Stainton-Moses, William - Spirit Identity - UNCANNY NOISES AFTER VISITING A GRAVEYARD 015621
- Tweedale, Reverend Charles – Sees the ghost of his dead Grandmother 025004
Wisdom, Inspiration, Divine love & Bliss
- Bowie, David - 2002 Heathen 019611
- Christine Stewart, hit by car, has NDE 013057
- Dr J C Barker - Sudden death, asthma and the need for the will to live 011922
- Dr Yvonne Kason and the plane crash onto the ice 011243
- Dr. Overend G. Rose of Cheltenham goes out of body when he is violently thrown to the ground by a horse 027944
- Hack Tuke, Daniel – Sickness - Summary: Disease is caused by extreme emotions 026056
- Hazel Cornwell senses her Nan as a ball of energy 014527
- Petersen, William - Describes his NDE 025805
- Proust, Marcel - In Search of Lost time Volume 6 - A Vision of azure blue 019779
- Ricardo from Mexico experiences divine love 013063
- Schulz, Charles - Adversity 017101
- The truck swerved back into its lane just in time 021145
Out of time
- A survey of out of body experiences 006823
- Bad car accident 000076
- Car crash 000355
- Christine Stewart, hit by car, has NDE 013057
- Croad, Mrs Carrie - Blindsight by reading other people’s minds 024280
- Croad, Mrs Carrie - The Testimony of the Nonconformist Minister Mr. J. G. Westlake - Blindsight and remote viewing 024281
- Dr Robert Crookall - More Astral projections – John Lowe, a miner of Stoke-on-Trent has an OBE 023563
- Dr Robert Crookall - More Astral projections – Miss Marion Price goes out of time 023808
- Dr Robert Crookall - More Astral projections – Miss Nora Pennington has an OBE 023786
- Dr Robert Crookall - More Astral projections – Mr S. Bourne, of 254 Battle Road, Hollington, St Leonards-on-Sea has an OBE 023807
- Dr Robert Crookall - More Astral projections – Mrs M. Mansergh has an OBE 023644
- Dr Robert Crookall - More Astral projections – Mrs Margaret Argles of Bognor Regis 023540
- Dr Robert Crookall - More Astral projections – Samuel Woolf of Chicago, Ill., U.S.A has an OBE 023791
- Dr Yvonne Kason and the plane crash onto the ice 011243
- Dr. Overend G. Rose of Cheltenham goes out of body when he is violently thrown to the ground by a horse 027944
- Fell out of a car 000357
- HPV diagnosis causes OBE 005393
- Laubscher, B J F – Mrs. Hunter, Junior Red Cross organizer for the Eastern Cape goes out of body after a train crash 023314
- Man crushed by a racehorse has OBE 013026
- Medical Officer in the Royal Flying Corps goes out of body 011400
- Mrs M. Combs - I had the sensation of floating out through the open window, in the direction of a series of moans 023575
- Near death blind woman sees 001324
- Near death from car accident 005212
- Near-Death and Other Transpersonal Experiences Occurring During Catastrophic Events 023095
- Penicillin causes out of body 005216
- Petersen, William - Describes his NDE 025805
- Philippine nurse has NDE after car accident .... with after-effects 013056
- Plutarch – The Vision of Aridæus 01 023778
- Plutarch – The Vision of Aridæus 02 023779
- Plutarch – The Vision of Aridæus 03 023780
- Plutarch – The Vision of Aridæus 04 023781
- Plutarch – The Vision of Aridæus 05 023782
- Plutarch – The Vision of Aridæus 06 023783
- Plutarch – The Vision of Aridæus 07 023784
- Plutarch – The Vision of Aridæus 08 023785
- Proust, Marcel - In Search of Lost time Volume 6 - A Vision of azure blue 019779
- Reynolds, Burt - An NDE after a car accident 025977
- Ricardo from Mexico experiences divine love 013063
- Serious car accident 000077
- Shock from cheating girl friend 000354
- Shock of a loved ones injury 000356
- Soldier’s story 000500
- Soldier’s story 000501
- The medical man, who took passage in an aircraft which crashed on landing, has an OBE 023773
- The role of Spirit helpers in an NDE 01 023008
- The suicide of the Duke of Abrantes 011306
- The tunnel and the light in the NDE 02 023012
- Watson, Lyall - Goes out of body in car crash 011398
- Whiteman, J H M goes out of body as a child 007734
- Witch's ointment 004272
- Woolger, Dr Roger - Other Lives, Past selves – Edith and the terrorist who blew himself up 022066
Enlightenment
In time
- Alexander Skirving and his wife 003675
- Baroness de Boisleve sees her dying son Honore 011395
- Berger, Hans - The accident that led to the invention of the EEG 011159
- Bozzano, Professor Ernesto - Psychic phenomena at the moment of death – 44 027770
- Brother's call heard 40 miles away 010120
- Christine Stewart, hit by car, has NDE 013057
- Croad, Mrs Carrie - Blindsight by reading other people’s minds 024280
- Croad, Mrs Carrie - The Testimony of the Nonconformist Minister Mr. J. G. Westlake - Blindsight and remote viewing 024281
- Dr J C Barker - How death prayers and fear can result in death 011921
- Dr Robert Crookall - More Astral projections – Miss Marion Price goes out of time 023808
- Dr Robert Crookall - More Astral projections – Miss Nora Pennington has an OBE 023786
- Dr Rowland Bowstead sees his dead brother-in-law on the cricket ground 011288
- Dr. Overend G. Rose of Cheltenham goes out of body when he is violently thrown to the ground by a horse 027944
- Fawcett, Lt Colonel Percival Harrison - His dreaded mother spoke to him during a seance 022772
- Grimble, Sir Arthur - And the Island of Whistling Spirits 010880
- Hazel Cornwell senses her Nan as a ball of energy 014527
- Husband sees wife falling 010117
- Leifchild, Reverend John – The death of her son is anticipated by Leifchild’s aunt in an hallucination 026980
- Lethbridge, T C - A Step in the Dark – Action replay of a car accident 021910
- Liver transplant patient meets his donor 005304
- Madame D's dreams 006063
- Mrs Agnes Paquet –England - Annales des Sciences psychiques 1891 012959
- Mrs Jane O'Neill of Cambridge 010841
- Mrs M A Richardson sees her wounded husband 012960
- Mrs M. Combs - I had the sensation of floating out through the open window, in the direction of a series of moans 023575
- Phantasms of the Living Volume I – Edmund Gurney - Canon W Warburton's dream 016212
- Philippine nurse has NDE after car accident .... with after-effects 013056
- Plutarch – The Vision of Aridæus 02 023779
- Proust, Marcel - In Search of Lost time Volume 6 - A Vision of azure blue 019779
- Religious Revivals, visions, hallucinations and other side-effects 026079
- Report of death by SPR 000259
- Ricardo from Mexico experiences divine love 013063
- Rod Fryer hears his brother call out 010869
- Sensing sorrow 010109
- Shock from cheating girl friend 000354
- Shock of a loved ones injury 000356
- Split personality after shell shock 005017
- Test of Effects of the deaths of Princess Diana and Mother Teresa 014231
- The Dead Michael Conley issues his instructions 010835
- The notary from Saint-Martin-des-Noyes, Vendée dreams his father has died 022712
- The role of Spirit helpers in an NDE 01 023008
- The story of Louis V.... as recorded by Mr. Bourru and Mr. Burot in Changements de la personnalité 028180
- The suicide of the Duke of Abrantes 011306
- Tissot – Fear as a determining cause of St. Vitus's dance 026084
- Tweedale, Reverend Charles – Sees the ghost of his dead Grandmother 025004
- Woolger, Dr Roger - Other Lives, Past selves – Edith and the terrorist who blew himself up 022066
Prophecy
- Bozzano, Professor Ernesto - Psychic phenomena at the moment of death – 44 027770
- Grimble, Sir Arthur - And the Island of Whistling Spirits 010880
- Philippine nurse has NDE after car accident .... with after-effects 013056
- Shock from cheating girl friend 000354
Dying
- Baroness de Boisleve sees her dying son Honore 011395
- Hazel Cornwell senses her Nan as a ball of energy 014527
- Leifchild, Reverend John – The death of her son is anticipated by Leifchild’s aunt in an hallucination 026980
- The suicide of the Duke of Abrantes 011306
- Woolger, Dr Roger - Other Lives, Past selves – Edith and the terrorist who blew himself up 022066
Environmental Influence
- Bozzano, Professor Ernesto - Psychic phenomena at the moment of death – 44 027770
- Dr J C Barker - How death prayers and fear can result in death 011921
- Dr J C Barker - Sudden death, asthma and the need for the will to live 011922
- Felicia Parise and psychokinesis 010740
- Hack Tuke, Daniel – Sickness - Ageing and death induced by powerful emotions – Fear, remorse and shock 026146
- Hack Tuke, Daniel – Sickness - Anaemia induced by powerful emotions – Fear and shock 026142
- Hack Tuke, Daniel – Sickness - Birth deformities and stillbirths induced by powerful emotions – Fear, repulsion and shock 026145
- Hack Tuke, Daniel – Sickness - Birthmarks induced by powerful emotions – Fear, repulsion and shock 026144
- Hack Tuke, Daniel – Sickness - Brain damage and insanity induced by powerful emotions – terror 026077
- Hack Tuke, Daniel – Sickness - Epilepsy induced by powerful emotions – anger and shock 026075
- Hack Tuke, Daniel – Sickness - Heart failure induced by powerful emotions – shock 026121
- Hack Tuke, Daniel – Sickness - Hiccups induced by powerful emotions – fright 026086
- Hack Tuke, Daniel – Sickness - Lactation failure and lactation disorders induced by powerful emotions –Trauma, Shock, Rage and Fear 026155
- Hack Tuke, Daniel – Sickness - Skin conditions induced by powerful emotions – Grief, fear, shock, and melancholy 026148
- Hack Tuke, Daniel – Sickness - Trembling Palsy, Paralysis Agitans, Parkinsons induced by powerful emotions – terror, insecurity, stress and anxiety 026080
- Philippine nurse has NDE after car accident .... with after-effects 013056
- Test of Effects of the deaths of Princess Diana and Mother Teresa 014231