nervous exhaustion

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noun

extreme mental and physical fatigue caused by excessive emotional stress; neurasthenia.

Origin of nervous exhaustion

First recorded in 1925–30

Also called nervous prostration.

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Related Words for nervous exhaustion

collapse, depression, neurosis, burnout, crackup, neurasthenia