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
Coty	-	English (Modern)
Katsiaryna	-	Belarusian
JoŽIca	-	Slovene, Croatian
ColmÁN	-	Irish
Heike	HIE-kə (Low German, Dutch)	Low German, Frisian, Dutch
Geoffroi	-	Medieval French