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Symptoms include frustrated speech, attempts to explain the sudden emptiness and feelings that nothing is right, and shock that one day a person can be there and the next they're gone. A person in this state tends to either rant or have trouble stringing two sentences together.
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* [[Harry Potter]]'s reaction to {{spoiler|his godfather Sirius}} dying is a confused kind of anger that he can't even express properly.
* A mild version shows up in ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (novel)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'' (the book, not the movie), where Sophie reacts to {{spoiler|Mrs. Pentstemmon's murder}} by first being shocked that the passing was so sudden, and then realizing that "that's how it was, wasn't it? People are alive right up until they die."
* The [[Kill'Em All]] ending of [[The Underland Chronicles]] leaves Gregor in a state of emotional distress about many characters, many of whom were absolute [[
* Despite having been [[Conditioned to Accept Horror]], Paul in ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' isn't able to fully comprehend how the world can still be working and at the same time Kat can be dead.
{{quote|[[Tear Jerker|Do I walk? Have I feet still? I raise my eyes, I let them move round, and turn myself with them, one circle, one circle, and I stand in the midst. All is as usual. Only the Militiaman Stanislaus Katczinsky has died.]]}}
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