is 極度 actually used for extreme things?

ugh literally such a day today. my mom (母) was nagging me about my room looking like a literal bird nest (巣) and then i was trying to relax with some movie 鑑賞 but my brain was just fried. anyway i was trying to text my jp penpal about how i have like extreme anxiety/stress today and i used 極度 but it felt so stiff? like is 極度 actually a normal word people use for being super stressed or did i just sound like a textboo