Crazy
Wound up
Wound up adjective - Brought to a state of great tension.
Both terms in one sentence
- According to the backstory of Mega Man X, Vile was one when he was still with the Hunters, to the point where he wound up being locked up before Sigma went crazy and freed him.
Source: Cowboy Cop / Video Games -
It worked, but he wound up feeling crazy in the Soviet mental hospital.
Source: Obfuscating Insanity -
Eventually, he is convinced that he is actually an alien that somehow wound up on Earth; elated at the thought that there may be more of his kind in space, he tries to communicate with the other beings, while being thought of as crazy by his friends.
Source: Film / Muppets from Space
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