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HE В СЕБЕ coll PrepP Invar subj-compl with бытье (subj: human)

1. one is in a state of severe emotional upset, has lost his composure

X не в себе - X is in a bad way (in bad shape)

X has been thrown off balance (in limited contexts) X is not in his right mind.

"Я вижу, ты не в себе, чувак. Лучше бы дома сидел» (Аксёнов 6). UI can see you're in a bad way, kid. You should have stayed at home" (6a).

«Знаешь наших-то (из миномётной)?» -«Знаю, знаю, - говорит он, - всех знаю... Всех (убило). Подчистую. Один я остался»... - «Врёшьты все!» - «Ты его не слушай, - говорит сестра, - он ведь не в себе» (Окуджава 1). "Do you know our men (from the mortar battery)?" "Yes, I know them," he says. "I know them all... .The lot of them. Wiped clean out. I'm the only one left..." "You're lying. It's all lies!..." "Don't listen to him," says the nurse. "He's not in his right mind" (1a).

2. one is not in his usual frame of mind, feels different than usual

X не в себе - X is not (quite) himself

X is out of sorts.

(Андрей:) Я всю ночь не спал и теперь немножко не в себе, как говорится (Чехов 5). (A.:) I haven't slept all night, and now I'm not quite myself, as they say (5a).