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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Recent Examples of nervous breakdown
Following the breakup, Claudel suffered a nervous breakdown and was committed for psychiatric treatment.
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Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 19 Feb. 2025
In 2019, essayist Sarah Chihaya had a nervous breakdown that coincided with a bout of the titular anxiety disorder, which causes someone to have an intense and irrational fear of books and writing.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
The film has a few major plot holes, mostly concerning the present-tense family meal where Lucas seems to be having a nervous breakdown.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
Paterson beautifully depicts a man who’s quietly, and sometimes not so quietly, experiencing a nervous breakdown as the world around him grows stranger and more absurd.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 19 Feb. 2025
In 2019, essayist Sarah Chihaya had a nervous breakdown that coincided with a bout of the titular anxiety disorder, which causes someone to have an intense and irrational fear of books and writing.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
The film has a few major plot holes, mostly concerning the present-tense family meal where Lucas seems to be having a nervous breakdown.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
Paterson beautifully depicts a man who’s quietly, and sometimes not so quietly, experiencing a nervous breakdown as the world around him grows stranger and more absurd.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for nervous breakdown
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“Nervous breakdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nervous%20breakdown. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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