mental collapse
Mind giving way
Mental collapse is a severe breakdown of psychological functioning, often brought on by overwhelming stress, trauma, or exhaustion.
The term is informal rather than clinical, describing a state where someone can no longer cope: After months of pressure, she suffered a mental collapse.
It may involve inability to work, make decisions, or handle daily life.
Sometimes used more loosely for any period of acute emotional overwhelm.
- chronic stressSustained psychological and physiological pressure
- emotional instabilityUnpredictable shifts in feeling
- panic attacksAcute fear episodes
- crying spellEpisode of uncontrolled weeping
- falling apartGradually breaking into pieces
therapy · depression · dark place · dissociation · losing grip · hospitalization · trauma · medication · schizophrenia · anxiety disorders · suicidal ideation · snapping · burnout · decompensation · bipolar disorder · grief · abuse · fatigue
- breakdownsbreakdown, nervous breakdown, failure, meltdown, crisis
- mental crisesnervous breakdown, breakdown, crisis, meltdown, manic episode
mental collapsemental health
Emotional and cognitive well-being
emotional stability · psychological resilience · sound mind · mental fortitude · sanity
mental collapsegradual decline
Slow downward trend
psychological recovery · healing · restoration · recuperation · rehabilitation
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