losing it
Coming completely undone
Losing it means coming apart emotionally or mentally—breaking down under stress, losing one's composure, or becoming unhinged: I thought I was losing it when I couldn't find my keys for the third time.
The phrase can describe temporary distress or suggest someone is going crazy.
It also means losing one's edge or ability: He used to be sharp, but he's losing it.
Becoming mentally unhinged
- insanitySevere mental illness
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
- derangedMentally disturbed, irrational
cracking · hallucinating · paranoid · manic · delusional · off the deep end · mental break · dissociating
Losing emotional control suddenly
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
- alarmUrgent warning signal
dread · heart-pounding · hyperventilating · trembling · spiraling · fight-or-flight · cold sweat · racing thoughts
Intense violent anger
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- blowing upExpanding or detonating
- explodingBursting outward violently
- seeing redOvercome by fury
flying off the handle · outburst · tantrum · livid · seething · going ballistic · flipping out · erupting
Failure or decomposition
- crackupCollapse or hilarity
- snappingBreaking with sharp sound
- unravelingProcess of coming undone
- falling apartGradually breaking into pieces
coming undone · cracking up · overwhelmed · shattered · frazzled · breaking point · last straw · stressed out
Laughing until helpless
- hystericsUncontrollable emotional outburst
- howlingProlonged mournful crying sound
- in stitchesLaughing so hard it hurts
- belly laughingLoud, deep laughter
doubled over · cackling · roaring · can't breathe · wheezing · snorting · falling over · convulsing
going crazy
Becoming mentally unhinged
- insanitySevere mental illness
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
deranged · cracking · hallucinating · paranoid · manic · delusional · off the deep end · mental break · dissociating · bonkers
freaking out
Losing emotional control suddenly
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
alarm · dread · heart-pounding · hyperventilating · trembling · spiraling · fight-or-flight · cold sweat · racing thoughts · catastrophizing
fury
Intense violent anger
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- blowing upExpanding or detonating
- explodingBursting outward violently
seeing red · flying off the handle · outburst · tantrum · livid · seething · going ballistic · flipping out · erupting · snapping
breakdown
Failure or decomposition
- crackupCollapse or hilarity
- snappingBreaking with sharp sound
- unravelingProcess of coming undone
falling apart · coming undone · cracking up · overwhelmed · shattered · frazzled · breaking point · last straw · stressed out · overwrought
cracking up
Laughing until helpless
- hystericsUncontrollable emotional outburst
- howlingProlonged mournful crying sound
- in stitchesLaughing so hard it hurts
doubled over · belly laughing · cackling · roaring · can't breathe · wheezing · snorting · falling over · convulsing · side-splitting
- meltdownsnuclear meltdown, reactor meltdown, meltdown, freak out, snapping
- Anxietyanxiety, nervousness, panic, worry, generalized anxiety
- emotional outburstsmeltdown, outburst, tantrum, temper tantrum, angry outburst
- extreme reactionsfreakout, meltdown, hysteria, panic, outrage
- laughterlaugh, giggling, chuckling, laughing, snickering
- panicpanic attack, alarm, terror, fright, hysteria
losing itkeeping calm
keeping one's cool · keeping it together · holding it together · self-possessed · self-control
losing itall there
Mentally competent, aware
of sound mind · lucid · clearheaded · compos mentis · with it
lose, lost, loss, loose, loser, loosen, losing, loses, loosened