I'm wrecked

[Lun-14]

I am 26 years old. It is 4 years since I completed my graduation, but still I don't have a job. People have started hating me; they taunt me for my being jobless. My father is sick - he has liver problem. My father is a carpenter. He is the only earning source of my home. I am worried about my father's illness. I am also worried about my being jobless. I am also worried about people's taunts.
I went to a temple and pray to god

Oh my God, I'm wrecked (=in a miserable condition/tattered because of so much worry/greatly tense). Please help me.


Is the bold idiomatic? If not, how would you express this, please?

Thanks a lot

 

[PaulQ]

I went to a temple and pray to god

Oh my God, I'm wrecked

Two problems arise:
1. To be wrecked -> wrecked - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
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[Edinburgher]

"I am a wreck."

 

[Florentia52]

Edinburgher gave you an alternative in #3, Lun-14. Do you have a different suggestion?

 

[Lun-14]

Do you have a different suggestion?

I am destroyed.
I am tattered.
I am dead.
I am broken.

I want to use these with the same meaning as I'm so much worried/stressed that I'm almost dead. If I get just a little more stressed, I will actually die.
Some people become mad/die* when they get too much stressed. I am just one step behind from being actually mad/dead.

*Sometimes when people get too much stressed, their brain vein bursts and in the result of that they die.

 

[heypresto]

None of these sound natural.

You are certainly not 'tattered' or, if you are speaking, 'dead'.

Edinburgher's suggestion, 'I am a wreck' is a good one.

 

[PaulQ]

Oh my God, I'm wrecked

Dear God/O Lord, I am desperate/distraught/in despair.

 

[Jimbob_Disco]

I also agree with Edinburgher's suggestion. Lun-14, you may wish to proofread your sentence for other errors!

 

[Pedro y La Torre]

"I'm wrecked" means that the person is tired (in Irish English at least). As such it doesn't work in your example. "I'm a wreck", as was previously suggested, is better.

 

[velisarius]

This is difficult, because people from different cultures speak to their gods in different ways. I can't imagine you talking to your god in English, but perhaps you are translating something.

Colloquially I'd say, "I'm in such a mess". More formally, "My life is in ruins".

 

[Lun-14]

You are certainly not 'tattered' or, if you are speaking, 'dead'.

But can my suggestions in #5 work metaphorically in informal English?

 

[Glenfarclas]

But can my suggestions in #5 work metaphorically in informal English?

If you're talking about your emotional state, then only "I am broken."

 

[You little ripper!]

A slight variation to the suggestion made by velisarius, "I'm a mess!" might also work if you're simply talking about your emotional state. If you're referring to your life in general, you could say, "My life's going down the toilet!".

 

[MarcB]

A slight variation to the suggestion made by velisarius, "I'm a mess!" might also work if you're simply talking about your emotional state. If you're referring to your life in general, you could say, "My life's going down the toilet!".

Or down the tube/tubes, especially when talking to God.

 

[You little ripper!]

Or down the tube/tubes, especially when talking to God.

Oh, yes, I forgot! It's best to avoid the mention of anything connected to bodily functions when talking to god.