I ran a bunch of errands today that involved dealing with people who don't know what they are talking about, and when I got home there were 6 letters from the US government sitting in my mailbox.

I felt overwhelmed, and a little stressed out.

I wanted to say to my wife that I needed some time to ______________ before starting on the rest of my daily chores...

Is there a multi-word verb that would indicate de-stress out?

I suppose that a single word might be 'decompress'...

My research was not fruitful...