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
Esther	ES-tər (English, Dutch), es-TER (French)	English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Lati
LomÁN	-	Irish
Josune	-	Basque
Mathis	MAH-tis (German)	German, French
Nikole	ni-KOL (English)	Basque, English
Ramona	rah-MO-nah (Spanish), rə-MON-ə (English)	Spanish, Romanian, English