neurasthenia
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In the 19th century, the analog to burnout was neurasthenia.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2022
Stranger still were the medical ads that offered electric shock treatment to "cure" neurasthenia - a term encompassing a range of nervous complaints including shell shock.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2014
"But with Wagner, the danger became specifically associated with modern music and modern urban lifestyles in diagnosing the fashionable disease of the time, neurasthenia."
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2013
The 19th-century philosopher William James reportedly called neurasthenia, from which he claimed to suffer himself, “Americanitis,” in part the result of the accelerating pace of American life.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2010
He paused and for a moment seemed to study his hands, which were riddled with liver spots and trembled at times: Nels suffered from an advancing neurasthenia.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Vocabulary lists containing neurasthenia
Body Parts: Neur ("Nerve")
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