at end of rope

decaying doomed fading moribund

declining disintegrating ebbing fated final going mortal passing perishing sinking vanishing withering

at death's door done for giving up the ghost in extremis on last leg one foot in grave

permanent

creating developing growing living reviving

constrained labored stiff tense tight uneasy

choked embarrassed put wired wreck

artificial awkward difficult false farfetched hard put in a state nervous wreck self-conscious strung-out taut uncomfortable unglued unnatural unrelaxed uptight

calm comfortable easy easygoing laid-back loose relaxed slack

genuine unforced