にとりつかれて

be possessed by

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be possessed by Usually means being haunted, plagued, or obsessed by something. It can refer literally to possession by a spirit or figuratively to being consumed by an ambition, anxiety, or other condition.

JA: 彼女は将来への不安にとりつかれている。

EN: She is plagued by anxiety about the future.

やはり蟲にとりつかれていたか

So it really was possessed by a bug after all.

— 風の谷のナウシカ (1984)

彼は貧乏にとりつかれていた。

He was haunted by poverty.

製作者が不安にとりつかれて拝謁せよと・・・結婚は？

The creator, consumed by anxiety, ordered me to come and pay my respects… What about marriage?

— ８ 1／2 (1963)

彼は世界に君臨しようという野望にとりつかれている。

He is obsessed with the ambition of ruling the world.