racked with insecurity/insecurities

racked with insecurity/insecurities

Suffering from, preoccupied by, or paralyzed with an intense and overwhelming feeling of insecurity (about something). I look back on my high school and college years with such regret. I wasted so much of my life back then being racked with insecurities when I should have been enjoying every minute of my youth. He's been racked with insecurity ever since his wife left him.
See also: rack
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • racked with guilt
  • have (one's) mind on (something)
  • space someone out
  • spaced out
  • be in the thick of it
  • be in the thick of things
  • not able to see the forest for the trees
  • not able to see the wood for the trees
  • have enough on (one's) plate
  • have enough on your plate