nervous breakdown
noun /ˌnɜːvəs ˈbreɪkdaʊn/
/ˌnɜːrvəs ˈbreɪkdaʊn/
(also breakdown)
- a period of mental illness in which somebody becomes very depressed, anxious and tired, and cannot deal with normal life
- to have/suffer a nervous breakdown
- The stress of her job had brought her to the brink of a nervous breakdown.