nervous breakdown
Example Sentences
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In my mid 60s, I found myself divorced and on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
The court heard details of the defendant's mental health issues, including a nervous breakdown in the 1990s.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
In “Greenberg,” Ben Stiller’s title character is a cantankerous and neurotic New Yorker who has fled west after a nervous breakdown.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
Following a nervous breakdown in 2018, he left both the seminary and the conversion therapy group.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2024
My parents were in the throes of a nervous breakdown, and I had driven them to the edge of insanity.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
