Hi and welcome back to Love English in today's lesson I want to help you share
your emotions, no it is not a lesson about psychology I am not qualified to
do that, however, what I am qualified to do is to give you some phrases some
expressions that we commonly use in English that can help you share your
emotions whether you are stressed anxious or even depressed these phrases
will help you share your emotions and start the conversation you need to have
whether that is with a friend or family member or even a professional. You need
to make sure that you have the language skills to share those emotions for many
of my students living in the UK it can be quite a stressful time coming to a
new country experiencing a new culture and studying in English so being able to
share your emotions to know how to express yourself and what is often a
very difficult thing to talk about with charities like heads together and mind
in the UK we are putting a massive focus on mental health on the 10th of October
love English will be supporting World Mental Health Day encouraging you guys
to talk and get the help and support you might need to learn more about this you
can follow the links in the description box below and of course there are many
hashtags for you to follow to learn more about mental health and how you can
improve yours so what can you do to get the conversation started first you might
choose to share some of these very important social media posts on your
social media you never know which friend might need to learn more. You can comment
below on this lesson use some of these phrases to express how you are feeling
at the moment or how you may have felt at a different point in the past being
open about your emotions and talking about your mental health is breaking the
taboo and that means that it's making it easier for more people to come forward
and talk about these issues so talk share and break the taboo. Now back to
the English it is important to note the
difference between stress and anxiety as they are often used in the same way
they're used interchangeably but there is a difference stress usually refers to
the external factors around you this might be having family stress or
problems relationship issues or even homework too much homework these things
cause you stress anxiety is more focused on the internal worries that you have
even anxiety about anxiety itself however both of these things can often
lead to feeling low or even depressed and these 10 expressions will hopefully
help you share these feelings and maybe even feel a little bit better once you
have now as well as saying I am stressed I'm stressed out I'm low I'm depressed
I'm feeling anxious you may also want the idiom I'm feeling a bit blue there
are some very specific phrases that can help you number one I'm feeling quite
down I'm feeling quite anxious I'm feeling quite stressed at the moment
with the preposition about you can then go on to explain exactly what is making
you feel stressed or down or anxious I'm feeling quite stressed about the exams
at the moment number two you suffer from you suffer from anxiety from stress and
from a depression from low moods so to say I think I'm suffering with stress or
from stress you can use both of those prepositions there you'll be starting
the conversation and maybe you're not even sure what you are stressed about
but a friend might be able to help you with that number three I've got a lot on
my mind at the moment I've got a lot on my mind at the moment explaining this to
someone your partner your friend might help them understand why you are
difficult at the moment why you're not yourself why you are feeling a little
bit emotional to explain that you've got a lot on your mind at the moment at work
at home is to explain that there are things bothering you and that your mind
is thinking about these things often number four and this is a really good
word to use to feel Oh weld to feel overwhelmed the preposition
over is a good indication of what this means when there is so much external
pressure you feel that it is getting on top of you now overwhelmed is not always
a negative thing I was so overwhelmed when he asked me to marry him but in
many situations you can use it to talk about stress and external factors that
are really getting you down I'm feeling overwhelmed at the moment I've got too
much work to do and I don't have the time to do it in the same way at number
five it's all got on top of me it's all got on top of me
this is explaining to someone that you are not coping that you are not managing
with the workload that you have or the emotional stresses that you might have
at home or with your children or in your relationship it has all got on top of me
and again think about that external factors pressing down and making you
feel maybe low or stressed number six and this is a little bit more serious
I'm finding it difficult to cope with I'm finding it difficult to cope with
when you use this expression and tell a friend I'm finding it so difficult to
cope with the children at the moment I'm finding it really difficult to cope with
my finances it really indicates that you are looking for some help and guidance
even if it is just someone to talk to and share your concerns I'm finding it
difficult to cope with means essentially you need some help you need some
supports with whatever problem you are dealing with and under a lot of pressure
I'm under a lot of pressure at work I'm under a lot of pressure at University
I've got deadlines I need to meet I've got a lot of work to do this is a little
bit like feeling overwhelmed if you're under a lot of pressure you're really
dealing with a lot and when you feel under pressure it does often manifest as
stress or depression this might even be a good way to approach your boss if
you've got too much work look and feeling really under pressure
at the moment is there anything we can do is there anything that you can do to
take some of the workload of me there is no harm in asking for help a
fantastic idiomatic expression I've got a lot on my plate at the moment if you
tell someone that you've got a lot on your plate at the moment again you want
them to understand how much you are dealing with and often we would say look
I can't help you at the moment I've got a lot on my plate at work already
so you're saying my plate is full I don't have space for any more problems
any more issues so I've got a lot on my plate at the moment I'm sorry I can't
help number nine when you really are feeling
like you need some support and some guidance I feel like I'm not coping I
feel like I'm not coping with the workload I feel like I'm not coping with
the deadlines at university you might need to talk to an academic advisor your
boss or your partner to make sure that they can help you cope and manage the
jobs the responsibilities of the pressures that you have so I'm really
not coping at the moment number ten and I'm going to put two phrases here for
you I can't take it anymore I can't handle it anymore I can't take it
anymore I can't handle it anymore if you use
this expression then you really have got to a breaking point you really have got
to the point that you are not coping and whether that means that you need help
from friends or family or even professional help some of you might even
choose to talk to a doctor this expression will help them understand
just how serious things are for you I can't take it anymore
I can't handle it any more if you get to that stage the new really needs to make
sure that you start a conversation that you get the support you need and deserve
so there we are ten expressions to help you start that
difficult but often necessary conversation and if you don't feel like
you are ready to talk 21 at the moment there are many websites and charities
available globally where you can get help and support and read about how you
can improve your mental health and reduce some of that stress to learn more
about this and to be able to read it in other languages you might want to go to
WWE you dot int forward slash mental
underscore health here you can read more hopefully in your own language about
mental health issues and how you can get support if you're living in the UK you
can also go to the National Health website www.hs UK forward slash 1-year
forward slash every - mind - mattes this is an initiative where you can look at
the different steps you can take to improve your mental health and to get
the support you need the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge along with the Duke
and Duchess of Sussex also have information on their mental health web
site www.kpbs.org/news/evening edition