as in breakdown
a mental or nervous collapse
you're going to have a nervous breakdown if you keep up that pace
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Such heresies triggered a nervous breakdown from which the U.S. foreign policy establishment has yet to fully recover.
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Andrew J. Bacevich, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
Can’t a girl have a nervous breakdown/trial separation/midlife crisis/death/divorce in peace around here?!
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
Sure, this month’s highlights include Benedict Cumberbatch as a Jim Henson wannabe on the verge of a nervous breakdown and an action thriller whose hero is an icon of Black radical politics.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 31 May 2024
The actress takes readers along on her rise to stardom, including her Academy Award-winning role in Ghost, and through some of the more difficult moments she’s faced, including her mother’s nervous breakdown, and Goldberg's experience with drug use.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
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Andrew J. Bacevich, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
Can’t a girl have a nervous breakdown/trial separation/midlife crisis/death/divorce in peace around here?!
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
Sure, this month’s highlights include Benedict Cumberbatch as a Jim Henson wannabe on the verge of a nervous breakdown and an action thriller whose hero is an icon of Black radical politics.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 31 May 2024
The actress takes readers along on her rise to stardom, including her Academy Award-winning role in Ghost, and through some of the more difficult moments she’s faced, including her mother’s nervous breakdown, and Goldberg's experience with drug use.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
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