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
Baily	['beili]
Nazzareno	-	Italian
Ladislaus	LAD-i-slaws (English)	History
Wenona	wə-NON-ə	English (Rare)
Arlene	[a:'li:n]
Nerthus	-	Germanic Mythology