TRANSCRIPT OF THE ABOVE VIDEO: Alternative Ways To Say 'I'm Stressed' in English - Improve Your Natural English Speaking Skills

Hi everyone, it's Nicole here, and I'm back answering another one of your questions.

We've had a great question this week. One of my students wanted to know how can I express that I am stressed, what's another way to say I'm stressed, because, you know, if you say I'm stressed, I'm stressed, I'm stressed, it could be a little bit, not negative, but we could be may be overdoing it sometimes, and we don't really, especially at work, want people to know how stressed we are.

So, it's nice to sometimes use some alternative ways of expressing that stress, yeah, without using the word stress, I suppose. Would you like to hear them?

Ok. So, one that we could say is I’M STRESSED OUT. I think you might have heard that one before. Another one could be I'M OVERWORKED, or I’M OVERSTRESSED, not a problem, or I CAN’T HANDLE THIS ANYMORE. That really means I am just at the extreme of stress, I can't do it anymore, or I DESPERATELY NEED A BREAK, again, there It means that you're right up here, to the point of exhaustion, the stress is just overpowering, it's time to step away, and have a break, have a rest. 

I NEED TO DE-STRESS. So, that's when we're saying the stress is here, I need it to come down here. I'M ALL WORKED UP. That's when you're so stressed and anxious, and just all of these emotions at the same time. I'm all worked up. Or, … say that again, I'M COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED, in that situation it just means I have no idea what to do anymore, I'm so stressed that it's it's at the end,

or you could even say I'M STRESSED TO THE MAX and that means I'm at the maximum point of stress, I can't get any more stressed than I am now, or I NEED TO SWITCH OFF. That's a really important one and probably an expression that we should all learn and use more often, I need to switch off, just meaning it's time to relax, it's time to stop working, it's time to step away from this stressful environment and just to have some time for me, for myself, or I NEED TO WIND DOWN. That's another great one that we could use there.

So, there you go, some different ways of saying I'm stressed, I'm stressed out, do use these or make an effort to use these the next time you are in a stressful situation, which I hope won't happen.

Anyway, have a lovely relaxing day without any stress, and thank you for listening. Bye.