“Stress meaning in Nepali” is a common search — English words feel clinical, but the body knows तनाव (tanav), दबाब (dabav), or “मन भारी” from exams, money, migration, or family conflict.
Meaning and examples first; then vs anxiety/burnout; then when therapy helps.
Nepali words for stress
- तनाव (Tanav) — tension from demands exceeding capacity
- दबाब — pressure from family, work, society
- मानसिक थकान — mental exhaustion
- चिन्ता — worry (often overlaps with anxiety)
- Burnout — long-term overload, cynicism, emptiness
Examples in Nepal
Example 1: “Board exam नजिक, रातभरि जाग्छ, खान मन छैन” — acute exam stress. Example 2: “विदेशमा काम, घरमा बुवाआमा को खर्च” — migrant pressure. Example 3: “Office-घर-सासु, सबै म माथि” — chronic role overload.
Also read: Stress and burnout therapy — Kathmandu →
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Also read: Overthinking in Nepali →
When to seek help
If stress lasts weeks, you cannot rest, or you feel hopeless — therapy (CBT, skills, paced trauma work if needed) at Bhatta Psychotherapy. Nepali, English, Hindi. Crisis: TUTH 1166.