0:00.0	Welcome to the Lord of the Rings lore cast, the show that explores the background of Tolkien's amazing world from the very beginning. Have you ever been in shock? Like legitimate shock.
0:32.9	The kind of mental situation where all of a sudden, your body just doesn't respond.
0:41.4	Your brain doesn't know what to do.
0:45.0	The circumstances of what just happened to you overwhelm you.
0:51.0	And for a moment, you might just sit there
0:55.0	not responding
0:56.3	it could be the most dire
0:58.1	situation
0:58.8	and still
1:00.8	you would not respond
1:02.8	this happens in our real world
1:05.6	during events like
1:07.6	car wrecks
1:09.3	somebody is hurt and they're in shock from the hurt and they're in shock from the situation
1:14.7	due to pain and an overwhelming emotional state or something like that.
1:22.8	And you see it in movies and things like the car engine is on fire and the person needs to move, but they just won't react.
1:32.6	They otherwise would be capable of moving and reacting, but they don't.
1:38.4	Now there's a medical definition of shock, and I'm not a doctor.
1:43.1	I'm sure some of you might be, where it's defined as
1:46.5	a state where cellular or tissue hypoxia happens due to either a reduction in oxygen delivery
1:53.5	or increased oxygen consumption, inadequate oxygen utilization, or a combination of these processes.
2:01.1	At least that's what I read on the internet.
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