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Originally Posted by skysidhe

I am not sure about that. ...

... Seems like shock would work for the benefit of the person, briefly. ...

...How could I have told my body I was really hurt,( banged up ) when shock had already taken over?

Shock always occurs first. I think. It tells your body you are ok, so you can do something extraordinary?

There's emotional shock and then there's circulatory shock which is defined as an inadequate perfusion (i.e. blood delivering oxygen) to the tissues which can be caused by things like bleeding. I think the latter type of shock is to what UT was referring.