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
Koos	KO:S	Dutch
Evangelos	-	Greek
DionÍSio	dee-oo-NEE-zyoo (Portuguese), jee-oo-NEE-zyoo (Brazilian Portuguese)	Portuguese
Sezim	-	Kazakh
Godtfred	-	Norwegian
Kazia	KAH-zhah	Polish