losing oneself
Forgetting your surroundings
Losing oneself means becoming so absorbed in something that ordinary self-awareness fades: She lost herself in the music.
The phrase can describe welcome immersion—in work, art, or passion—or disorientation and identity crisis: He lost himself after the divorce.
To lose oneself in a place is to wander until you don't know where you are.
- enmeshmentBoundary-blurring relational pattern
- slipMinor error or misstep
- getting lostBecoming unable to navigate
- losing trackFailing to monitor
- spinRapid rotation around axis
ego dissolution · ego death · out of body · flow state · deep meditation · codependency · falling in love · absorption · in the zone · fog · dissociation · surrender · disorientation · lost in thought · float · trance · amnesia · melt
losing oneselfself-consciousness
Uncomfortable awareness of oneself
hypervigilance · self-awareness · self-monitoring · introspection · self-scrutiny
losing oneselfhypervigilance
Heightened threat sensitivity
staying alert · holding on · self-restraint · keeping watch · vigilance
losing oneselffinding oneself
Discovering personal identity
self-possession · self-containment · composure · self-restraint · guardedness
lose, loses, loser, losers, loss, losses, self, selves, selfhood