What's the loudest scream you have ever let out?

[OneUmberJoker]

Injuring my knee

I was doing the dishes in the kitchen, back to the kitchen door and hallway. DH just appeared at the side of me. Usually I always hear the car but nothing. He just said hi. I nearly died. So did he with the noise I made. Screamed my head off, took my hands out the sink covered in soap suds, holding a big kitchen knife.

Giving birth 3 weeks ago, when baby’s head came out. Ouch.

After I dislocated my knee when I was being strapped onto the stretcher and they pulled a ratchet strap over my knee.

Childbirth 100%

Childbirth, final push - loud scream

Slipped disc in my back! Ouch!

Giving birth, midwife went upstairs to wake up sleeping DH and the baby decided to come right then. I screamed "mummmmmmyyyy" at the top if my voice. Given that my mum was about 300 miles away it needed to be loud.

When a paramedic pressed on my gallbladder, it was infected-spent 5 days in hospital on IV antibiotics, then back in 2 weeks later to have it removed!

Giving birth to DC2. I screamed, both DH and the midwife shushed me because "that won't help" so I told them both to fuck off, that they weren't the ones in agony, and screamed even louder. And it DID help!

This was 7 years ago and I've still not quite forgiven DH (or the midwife actually but I don't live with her!).

Episiotomy

By 6 week old baby stopping breathing in hospital and needing resuscitation

The other Sunday morning. Went down to the kitchen and there was a bird fluttering at our back door - it must have come down the chimney. I'm petrified of birds so screamed and clattered up the stairs to DH who thought I was saying we had a burglar. He was sent to deal with it whilst I shut myself in the bedroom.

Aged 9, I woke up with a giant hairy house spider over my eye.

Beat ds' birth by decibels!

Three times, couldn't tell you which was loudest -

Giving birth to my 5 kg baby at home - allegedly I could be heard at the end of the village 🤣

Breaking my leg parachuting - definitely more painful than the above

When my little dog was attacked by a pack of 4 dogs from a nearby farm on a deserted footpath.

When I slipped and fell, dislocating and breaking my ankle (trimalleolar fracture). My foot was twisted 90 degrees, so my toes pointed east rather than north as I looked down at my foot. Fun times.

I suffered a significant trauma as a young child. Buried that shit very deep down until as a 26 year old single woman I bought my own flat (more like a ground floor maisonette) Soon after moving in I had a flashback in my sleep and woke up screaming.

My upstairs neighbour came and knocked on my street door. I was too embarrassed to open the door to him. We never spoke of it.

I was lying in bed one night, and still had the side light on, when a huge spider walked across my face. I screamed until it shot under the bed.

The neighbours must've thought I'd been murdered.

In itu having had major complications from an operation and having sepsis and pneumonia. Every time they turned me it was excruciating (much more painful than birthing twins on gas and air alone). It was about day two and they decided I couldn't have any pain relief (except paracetamol) because I kept stopping breathing. I cant remember much about that whole week on itu but I can remember that painful turn.

Looking up at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Also, when a big spider crawled out of nowhere in the car. I remember it because the scream just erupted out of my mouth right from the pit of my stomach. It was weird. DH was driving and nearly crashed. Kids were traumatised and still talk about it.

The one time I was in a real life or death situation (outside of work) I shouted really concise and precise instructions in very deep
booming that I’ve never used since. DS1 was drowning and I actually took a second to take a deep breath so I could really project my voice. Surprised myself! In a good way (and DS is fine).

An arterial dissection.

Mine was the time I dropped the butt end of a knife on the nail bed of my big toe. Never known pain like it 🤮 Childbirth did not come close to that.

@MaudlinGazebo😂 I remember the Sistine Chapel thing!

When I was playing DOOM a lot of years ago and a fly landed on my arm.

When my husband, who I'd found out had been having an affair, told me he was going to a concert with 2 friends and one of them was her! I lost my shit completely and screamed, throwing my laptop across the room. All the anger and heartbreak came out in a very large wail

When I was a teenager my brother disguised himself as a coatstand in the understairs cupboard and closed his hand around my wrist as I hung my coat up