DAMPING DEVICE

A shock absorber includes at least one of an expansion-side sensitive unit and a contraction-side sensitive unit. The expansion-side sensitive unit has an expansion-side actuating chamber (E) that communicates with an expansion-side chamber and a contraction-side chamber, an expansion-side free piston (15) that partitions the expansion-side actuating chamber into a first expansion-side pressure chamber (E1) and a second expansion-side pressure chamber (E2), and an expansion-side spring element (16) configured to bias the expansion-side free piston to compress the first expansion-side pressure chamber. The contraction-side sensitive unit has a contraction-side actuating chamber that communicates with a contraction-side chamber and a reservoir (R), a contraction-side free piston (24) that partitions the contraction-side actuating chamber into a first contraction-side pressure chamber and a second contraction-side pressure chamber, and a contraction-side spring element (25) configured to bias the contraction-side free piston to compress the first contraction-side pressure chamber.