struggle, suffocate, jerk, fidget, fuss, tense up, stiffen, wring (one's hands), smolder, quaver, pace, speculate, lose focus, fixate, concoct, trip up, lose control, micromanage, obsess, ratchet up, pump up, fear, dread, replay, work up, fret, lose sleep, weigh one down, distrust, warn, caution, agonize, play with (one's hair), jitter, catastrophize

bathe, indulge, display, show off, focus, fixate, buy, obsess, turn something over in one's hand, glue (oneself to the stock market report), boast, keep up with (neighbors), keep up (appearances), consume, lust after (a new purchase)

misread, misinterpret, muddy, jumble, misconstrue, mix up, interchange, conflate, confuse (two things), muddle something up, mistake (something for something else), take for, get something wrong, confound with, misspell, misname

bend, cycle, appear, mistake, spiral, fixate, distort, spin, claim, delude, reel, misunderstand, lapse into, minimize, dismiss, believe, run riot, trip, hallucinate, catastrophize, turn against, ignore (facts), slip into (delusional thinking), hide (the truth from oneself), stew (in delusional thoughts), jump (from thought to thought), glom onto, confuse (hallucinations with reality), deceive oneself, be unable to shake (a thought)

blindside, twist, scatter, shatter, break, stun, panic, elude, muddy (a situation), flood, blind, distract, muddle, confound, stupefy, befuddle, bewilder, disorient, derail, fog, fluster, muddy the waters, cloud (one's thinking), block (perspective), lose one's train of thought

falter, hesitate, mistake, misread, misinterpret, muddle about, misconstrue, lose sight of, misunderstand, muddle something up, take for, get something wrong, confound with, lose (one's perspective), get the wrong idea, confuse (similar things), misconceive, miss the boat, mix up (with something else), miscalculate, delude oneself

fabricate, pin, attack (someone unjustly), assign (blame), expect (from others), cast (blame), contrive, assign, counter, fault (someone else), find fault with, place blame on (someone else), project onto (someone else), attribute (one's aggression to others)