go insane
Completely lose grip
Go insane means to lose one's sanity or mental stability.
The phrase appears literally in clinical contexts but more often as hyperbole for extreme frustration or obsession: I'm going to go insane if this noise doesn't stop, She went insane trying to solve the puzzle.
Going insane can also mean acting wildly or losing composure: The crowd went insane when the band took the stage.
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- delusionsFirmly held false beliefs
- lose your mindBecome mentally unstable
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
- go crazyLose mental composure
dementia · lose it · psychosis · hallucinations · hearing voices · unhinged · madness · off the deep end · stark raving mad · trauma · paranoia · snap · dissociation · mania · schizophrenia · mental breakdown · self-harm · Shakespearean tragedy
go insanecome to one's senses
Return to rational thinking
recover · stay grounded · stabilize · snap out of it · think straight
go insanekeep calm
Remain emotionally steady
keep one's head · keep it together · stay calm · stay cool · hold it together
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