going crazy
Coming mentally undone
Going crazy describes losing mental stability or composure.
The phrase ranges from literal She thought she was going crazy before getting diagnosed to hyperbolic expressions of frustration, boredom, or overwhelm: This traffic is making me go crazy, I'm going crazy waiting for the results.
It can also mean becoming wildly enthusiastic: The crowd went crazy when she walked onstage.
- losing itMental composure collapsing
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
- off the deep endInto extreme behavior
- berserkWildly, violently uncontrolled
- madnessMental derangement or folly
meltdown · freaking out · manic · insanity · go nuts · raving · bonkers · cracking up · flipping out · losing the plot · hysteria · irrationality · at wit's end · deranged · mental · psychosis · frantic · climbing the walls
- Anxietyanxiety, nervousness, panic, worry, generalized anxiety
- letting loosecutting loose, letting go, running wild, losing control, blowing off steam
- insanityinsane, mad, lunatic, insanity, madness
- meltdownsnuclear meltdown, reactor meltdown, meltdown, freak out, losing it
going crazykeeping cool
keeping it together · holding it together · mellowing out · chilling out
gone, crazy, going, craze, craziness, crazed, crazily, crazing