Concept information
Preferred term
ego shock
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]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/ego_shock
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