beside oneself
Lost in emotion
Beside oneself describes being overwhelmed by emotion to the point of losing composure.
The phrase suggests being so distraught, excited, or agitated that you're somehow separated from your normal self: She was beside herself with grief, He was beside himself with joy when he heard the news.
The emotion is usually specified with "with."
Overwhelmed with joy
- elatedIntensely, buoyantly pleased
- overjoyedExtremely pleased, intensely glad
- euphoricOverwhelmed with joy
- thrilledOverjoyed beyond measure
exhilarated · jubilant · rapturous · giddy · delirious · over the moon · walking on air · on cloud nine
Wildly anxious or desperate
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
- hystericalEmotionally out of control
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
- desperateDriven by urgent need
alarmed · distressed · agitated · fraught · overwrought · fretful · frenzied · unnerved
Deeply agitated by grief
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- shatteredBroken into fragments
bereaved · inconsolable · despairing · grief-stricken · tormented · wretched · bereft · desolate
ecstatic
Overwhelmed with joy
- elatedIntensely, buoyantly pleased
- overjoyedExtremely pleased, intensely glad
- euphoricOverwhelmed with joy
thrilled · exhilarated · jubilant · rapturous · giddy · delirious · over the moon · walking on air · on cloud nine · blissful
frantic
Wildly anxious or desperate
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
- hystericalEmotionally out of control
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
desperate · alarmed · distressed · agitated · fraught · overwrought · fretful · frenzied · unnerved · rattled
distraught
Deeply agitated by grief
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
shattered · bereaved · inconsolable · despairing · grief-stricken · tormented · wretched · bereft · desolate · forlorn
furious
Extremely angry
seething · irate · apoplectic · fuming · wrathful · outraged · infuriated · raging · explosive · unhinged
- mood idiomsbad mood, black mood, dark mood, foul mood, in a mood
- ragerage, fury, wrath, enraged, furious
- meltdownsnuclear meltdown, reactor meltdown, meltdown, freak out, losing it
- Captivated Statescaptivated, absorbed, engrossed, entranced, spellbound
- fear reactionsscream, scared, gasp, terrified, flinch
- uneasyanxious, nervous, jittery, edgy, tense
beside oneselfself-possessed
Calm and confident
in control · centered · together · grounded · sober
self, beside, besides, selfish, oneself, unselfish, selfhood, beside the point