neurasthenia
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In the 19th century, the analog to burnout was neurasthenia.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2022
In other words, neurasthenia was thought to be a disease of nerves overstimulated by the pressures of work, leading to fatigue.
From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2017
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
Another loss: his eyes provided him with only half a view of the world, and reading caused his neurasthenia to flare up and made his temples throb.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
