driven someone insane
Caused someone's breakdown
To drive someone insane is to cause them to lose their mental stability, though the phrase is almost always hyperbolic.
It describes persistent irritation, frustration, or obsession: That dripping faucet is driving me insane, The uncertainty was driving her insane.
Occasionally used literally for circumstances that cause genuine psychological breakdown.
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- mental breakdownAcute psychological crisis
- gaslightingManipulation causing self-doubt
- mind gamesPsychological manipulation tactics
- madnessMental derangement or folly
losing grip · lunacy · manipulation · hysteria · trauma · emotional abuse · abuse · cracked · bonkers · isolation · paranoia · coercion · silent treatment · ostracism · intimidation · neurosis · obsession · exploitation