in a mess
- chaoticTotally without arrangement
- disorganizedLacking systematic arrangement
- clutteredCrowded with disorder
- shamblesState of total disorder
- disasterSudden ruinous event
untidy · jumbled · tangled · disheveled · sloppy · scattered · disordered · confused · muddled · wreck · pigsty · upside-down · topsy-turvy · haywire · askew · rumpled · unkempt · bedlam
physical order/organization
in a messtidy
Free from clutter
neat · orderly · organized · in order · neat and tidy
life situation/personal affairs
in a messsorted
Put in order
in order · under control · on track · together · in good shape
emotional/mental state
in a messcomposed
Calm and self-possessed
together · collected · calm · clear-headed · in control