Noun
an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted and unable to work
Source: WordNetOur men taking part in the executions suffered more from nervous exhaustion than those who were to be shot. Paul Blobel
Ashbrook and Powers, p. 143 and 154 However, in his biography of Toscanini, Harvey Sachs claims that Toscanini did conduct the second and third performances before withdrawing from the production due to nervous exhaustion. Source: Internet
From the end of March, Whittle spent six months in hospital recovering from nervous exhaustion, and resigned from Power Jets (R and D) Ltd in January 1946. Source: Internet
Two weeks into the tour, Hatfield canceled the tour, which her publicist explained as due to "nervous exhaustion," and took a month-long break. Source: Internet