# Shock

Shock may refer to:

## Common uses
### Healthcare

* Acute stress reaction, also known as psychological or mental shock
** Shell shock, soldiers' reaction to battle trauma
* Circulatory shock, a medical emergency
** Cardiogenic shock, resulting from dysfunction of the heart
** Distributive shock, resulting from an abnormal distribution of blood flow
*** Septic shock, a result of severe infection
**** Toxic shock syndrome, a specific type of severe infection
*** Anaphylactic shock, a result of severe allergic reaction
*** Neurogenic shock, due to a high spinal cord injury disrupting the sympathetic nervous system
** Hypovolemic shock, resulting from an insufficient blood volume
*** Hemorrhagic shock, from a large volume lost to bleeding
** Obstructive shock, resulting from mechanical obstruction of blood flow
* Cold shock response of organisms to sudden cold, especially cold water
* Electric shock
** Defibrillation, electric shock to restore heart rhythm
** Electroconvulsive therapy or shock treatment, psychiatric treatment
* Hydrostatic shock, from ballistic impact
* Insulin shock or diabetic hypoglycemia, from too much insulin
** Insulin shock therapy, purposely induced insulin shock, obsolete therapy
* Osmotic shock, caused by solute concentration around a cell

### Physical sciences

* Shock (mechanics), a sudden acceleration or deceleration
** Shock absorber
** Shock mount
** Shock wave
*** Oblique shock
* Shock (fluid dynamics), an abrupt discontinuity in the flow field
* Bow shock, in planetary science and astronomy
* Electric shock
* Shock chlorination of water to reduce bacteria and algae
* Shocks and discontinuities (magnetohydrodynamics)
* Thermal shock

### Social sciences

* Shock (economics), an unpredicted event that affects an economy
** Demand shock
** Supply shock
* Culture shock, in social psychology
* Shock value, in popular psychology

### Collective noun

* Shock, a historic commercial term for a group of 60, see English numerals#Special names
* Stook, or shock of grain, stacked sheaves

## Places

* Shock, West Virginia, an unincorporated US community

## People
### People with the given name or nickname

* Shock or Harry Del Rios (born 1973), American professional wrestler
* Shock G or Gregory E. Jacobs (1963–2021), American musician and rapper

### People with the surname

* Everett Shock, American geochemist
* Maurice Shock (1926–2018), British educator
* Molly Shock, American film editor
* Ron Shock (1942–2012), American comedian and storyteller
* Stefie Shock (born 1969), Canadian musician
* Susy Shock (born 1968), Argentine actress, writer, and singer
* Viki Shock (born 1975), Czech writer and artist

## Arts, entertainment, and media
### Categories and genres

* Shock art
* Shock jock, deliberately offensive broadcaster
* Shock rock, a genre of rock music
* Shock site, deliberately offensive website

### Films

* The Shock (film), a 1923 silent film
* Shock (1934 film), starring Ralph Forbes
* Shock (1946 film), starring Vincent Price
* Shock (1977 film), an Italian film
* Shock (2004 film), a Tamil film starring Prashanth Thyagarajan
* Shock (2006 film), a Telugu film

### Music
#### Groups and labels

* Shock (troupe), an English music/mime/dance group
* Shock Records, an Australian record label

#### Artists

* Culture Shock (musician), British producer and DJ
* Minotaur Shock, British electronica musician
* ShockOne, Australian producer and DJ
* Stefie Shock, Canadian singer-songwriter

#### Albums

* Shock (The Motels album), 1985
* Shock (Tesla album), 2019

#### Songs

* "Shock" (Beast song), a 2010 song by South Korean boy band Beast
* "Shock" (Fear Factory song), a 1998 song by Fear Factory
* "Shock" (The Motels song), 1985
* "Shock", a 1987 song by The Psychedelic Furs from Midnight to Midnight
* "Shock!", a 2022 song by Sakanaction from Adapt
* "Shock!", a 2010 song by the Japanese band Cute
* "Shock (Unmei)", a 2009 song by Meisa Kuroki

### Other arts, entertainment, and media

* Elektra Shock, New Zealand drag performer
* Shock: Social Science Fiction, role-playing game
* Shock Theater, a 1950s and 1960s American television film series
* Shock (novel), a 2001 novel by Robin Cook
* Shock (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
* Shock (journal), a medical journal
* Shock (musical), a Japanese stage musical series
* The Shock (TV program), an Arabic-language hidden-camera show
* Shock Gibson, a fictional comic book superhero
* "Shock" (The Gentle Touch), a television episode

## Military

* Shock and awe, display of force to destroy an opponent's will to fight
* Shock tactics, a close quarter battle tactic
* Shock troops, who apply shock tactics

## Sports and teams

* San Francisco Shock, a professional Overwatch League team
* Shock Linwood, American college running back
* Spokane Shock, an arena football team based in Spokane, Washington, US
* Tulsa Shock, a WNBA professional women's basketball team
** Detroit Shock, previous name of Tulsa Shock