the self
type: Concept
narrower: ego shock

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: ego shock

ego shock
type: Concept
definition: Definition Ego shock refers to feeling mentally paralyzed or frozen in response to severe self-esteem threats. Individuals in a state of ego shock have trouble thinking; they feel distant from themselves; the world seems distant or strange; they feel emotionally numb. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Ego Shock]
broader: the self