lose your mind

Become mentally unhinged

To lose your mind is to go crazy or become irrational.

The phrase ranges from literal mental breakdown to hyperbolic frustration: I'm going to lose my mind if this printer jams one more time.

It can also express being overwhelmed by emotion—excitement, anger, or infatuation: The crowd lost their minds when she took the stage.

Related

panic · disorientation · frenzy · fly off the handle · delusion · delirium · anxiety · mania · misperception · paranoia · meltdown · mental breakdown · absentmindedness · forgetfulness · freak-out · madness · psychosis · hallucination

Opposites
mental composure

lose your mindkeep your cool

Maintain emotional control

stay calm · keep your head · keep it together · hold it together · play it cool

sanity/mental health

lose your mindstay grounded

Maintain mental equilibrium

stay sharp

emotional reaction intensity

lose your mindshrug it off

Family

lose, loser, losers, loses, losing, losses, your, yours, yourself

Familiarity
Top 20,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG