be beside (oneself)

To be very emotional, especially shocked or distraught. I was beside myself when I found out I'd been rejected from my first-choice school. Honestly, we've all been beside ourselves since the funeral.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Colwyn	-	Welsh
Janko	-	Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Slovak
Sukhdeep	-	Indian (Sikh)
Waller	['wɔlə]
Zia	-	Arabic
Ekua	-	Western African, Akan