How To Tell Someone Else They Are Stressed

How do you tell someone else they are stressed?

If you have a friend or a colleague at work whose stressed, then sometimes it can be really helpful to them to have a quiet word with them. You know, sit down with a cup of coffee and chat, and just talk to them about it and say, "Look, you know I've noticed something recently and I don't know if anything's wrong but you do seem to have an awful lot of pressure." Let them talk to you, and let them explain it to you and I think you have to bring the subject up, but you don't want to say "oh look you're a stress bunny at the moment," because they're likely to get defensive about that. But if you can sit down and show some concern and explain what you've noticed about them and ask them if there's anything you can do, is there something you can do to help. So if you're at work, great - you say "look, is there anything that I could take up at the moment to help out."