driving someone insane
Pushing toward lunacy
Driving someone insane means causing them to lose their sanity or, more commonly, to become extremely frustrated or irritated.
The phrase usually appears in its hyperbolic sense: That constant dripping is driving me insane.
Someone or something that drives you insane pesters, annoys, or overwhelms you to the point of mental distress.
The kids were driving her insane with their questions.
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- gaslightingManipulation causing self-doubt
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- emotional abuseNon-physical relational harm
isolation · noise pollution · petty annoyances · nagging · wearing thin · obsession · neglect · relentlessness · constant criticism · anxiety · criticism · irritability · mind games · confusion · provocation · harassment · overcrowding · torment