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be beside yourself

Definition

C2 If you are beside yourself with a particular feeling or emotion, it is so strong that it makes you almost out of control: He was beside himself with grief when she died.Of unsound mindStupid and sillyStrong feelings
(Definition of be beside yourself from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)