electroshocked
Hit with current
Electroshocked describes someone or something that has received an electric shock, either accidentally or deliberately.
Most often it refers to electroconvulsive therapy, a psychiatric treatment: He was electroshocked repeatedly during his hospitalization.
It can also describe the startled sensation of receiving an unexpected jolt: I felt electroshocked when I touched the faulty outlet.
Abrupt forceful shake
- convulsionSudden involuntary muscle contractions
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- spasmInvoluntary muscle contraction
- twitchingInvoluntary muscular contractions
contraction · tremor · shaking · jerking · muscle · involuntary · voltage · current
Abrupt forceful shake
- zapDestroy suddenly with energy
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- tinglingSlight stinging sensation
- numbnessLoss of sensation
burning · piercing · sharp · intense · painful · sudden · overwhelming · startling
Using electricity to trigger seizures
- ECTSeizure-inducing psychiatric treatment
- psychiatryMental health medicine
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- depressionProlonged low state
bipolar · anesthesia · seizure · convulsion · cognitive · neurotransmitters · inpatient · recovery
Emotionally damaged by experience
- flashbacksInvoluntary vivid memory episodes
- nightmaresTerrifying sleep experiences
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- fearEmotional response to threat
distress · anguish · psychological · survivor · scarring · memory · dissociation · hypervigilance
jolt
Abrupt forceful shake
- convulsionSudden involuntary muscle contractions
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- spasmInvoluntary muscle contraction
twitching · contraction · tremor · shaking · jerking · muscle · involuntary · voltage · current · burn
jolt
Abrupt forceful shake
numbness · burning · piercing · sharp · intense · painful · sudden · overwhelming · startling · disorienting
electroconvulsive
Using electricity to trigger seizures
- ECTSeizure-inducing psychiatric treatment
- psychiatryMental health medicine
- treatmentCare for an ailment
depression · bipolar · anesthesia · seizure · convulsion · cognitive · neurotransmitters · inpatient · recovery · schizophrenia
traumatized
Emotionally damaged by experience
- flashbacksInvoluntary vivid memory episodes
- nightmaresTerrifying sleep experiences
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
fear · distress · anguish · psychological · survivor · scarring · memory · dissociation · hypervigilance · intrusive
electroshockedcaressed
Touched with tenderness
soothed · stroked · comforted · untouched · left alone
electroshockedcounseled
Gave thoughtful advice
talk therapy · psychoanalyzed · untreated · hypnotized · medicated
- electroshock therapyElectrical brain stimulation treatment