Nervous-breakdown
noun
1.
(not in technical use) any disabling mental disorder requiring treatment.
noun
1.
any mental illness not primarily of organic origin in which the patient ceases to function properly, often accompanied by severely impaired concentration, anxiety, insomnia, and lack of self-esteem; used esp of episodes of depression
nervous breakdown n.
A severe or incapacitating emotional disorder, especially when occurring suddenly and marked by depression.
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