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
Kasumi	kah-soo-mee	Japanese
Emerson	['eməsn]
Grete	GRE-tə (German)	German, Danish, Norwegian
Alvin	AL-vin	English
JÚLius	-	Slovak
Junko	joon-ko	Japanese