(idiomatic) Agitated and anxious.
(colloquial) Messed up; dilapidated.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgNever remain in a state of sadness but strive to do something spiritual that will help to get you out of this state. Paisios of Mount Athos
If men are in a state in which they find it hard to be weaned from their own ways and choose rather to serve the pleasures of the flesh than to serve the Lord, and refuse to accept the Gospel life, there is no common ground between me and them. Basil of Caesarea
Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected. George Soros
Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning. Bruce Lee
If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it. Jean Cocteau
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. Francis Bacon