nervous prostration

nervous exhaustion

 
noun
extreme mental and physical fatigue caused by excessive emotional stress; neurasthenia.
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Also called nervous prostration.

Origin:
1925–30
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nervous prostration

noun
an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted and unable to work [syn: nervous exhaustion] 
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