grip on (oneself)

Control of one's reactions or emotions. After losing her job, Sarah needed to calm down and get a grip on herself in order to drive home safely. You're not going to be able to think clearly until you get a grip on yourself.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Deepti	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada
Borislav	bah-ree-SLAHF (Russian)	Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Russian, Medieval Slavic
Kristjan	-	Estonian, Slovene
Levi	LEE-vie (English), LE:-vee (Dutch)	Hebrew, English, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Ballantyne	['bæləntain]
Destiny	DES-tə-nee	English