Definition of "psychasthenic" [psychasthenic]

• Suffering from exhaustion of the mental faculties, indicated by various morbid impulses, superstitious observances, abnormal fears, causeless anxieties, etc.
• One who suffers from psychasthenia. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "As a rule the properly so-called psychasthenic has only disorders of the reflection; he doubts but he does not rave."
• "Also from what Sartre would say about the most common cause of all psychasthenic ailments being grounded in fear his points seems logically concise, as the old saying goes fear controls."
• "With keen insight and scientific direction, they will teach the beginning paranoic, melancholic, neurasthenic, clairvoyant and psychasthenic the truth about themselves and the first hint of disassociation will be replaced by association, and rest homes, asylums and sanitarium doors will close forever!"