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Screaming/Screamers...?

spryor
Watching CNN about the bridge collapse, and someone interviewed mentioned that "everyone was sceaming". This just strikes me as odd, and lead to a discussion with the other half.

While there may events that would warrant a scream, I just don't see something like that being one of them. I mean, screaming won't change anything..what-so-ever. If anything it could cause panic, when calm and cool-headedness is what's needed.

Just strikes me as odd, and my other half said it may strike them as odd that I wouldn't scream...
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  • zipperzap
    I think pain would qualify.
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  • spryor
    Well yeah, pain's a given..
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  • Permanently deleted user
    And here I thought we were going to have a porn thread with that title![;)][:D][}:)][:o)]
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  • zipperzap
    With the way they were dropped and thrown about like they were
    toys, I'd imagine there's going to be a lot of pain involved.

    One reporter said when he met the first of the injured it was a little
    girl of 11 lying on her back screaming in agony ... yelling that she
    could not move her legs.

    I'd imagine there's quite a bit of that - lots of internal injuries.
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  • spryor
    Of course i can understand those in horrific pain screaming, but i gotr a mental picture of people standing aorund screaming for reasons other than pain..
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  • He Dog
    Drop a bridge out from under me, and I will probably go down yelling.

    Belive me, I won't much care if you think it is useless.
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  • zipperzap
    +1
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  • Colt Super
    Other than as a very small child - <3 - I don't believe I've ever screamed in my life.

    Done some pretty spirited yelling, though. I have been through some dramatic stuff, also - earthquakes, hurricanes, car accidents, gunfire, fires, tornadoes, broken bones, and a lot of fistfights.

    I also don't think I've ever heard any of my relatives scream - including my assorted wives during childbirth.

    Curious.

    Doug
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  • spryor
    Curious indeed. I may do some research to see what a psychological professional's opinion may be on this matter.
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  • spryor
    Ok, i did just that, and after three pages of google: the most reasonable explantion i could find is that it is an "Anxiety Disorder".

    I was only curious, and have often wondered about screamers. You know, like when women see a mouse or a snake.

    Anxiety Disorder, i guess kind of explains it..to some degree.
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  • He Dog
    A sudden fright or shock is not an anxiety disorder which is more chronic and less acute that a bridge falling out from under you.
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  • Henry0Reilly
    "An involuntary cry escaped his lips."

    I always thought that was a pretty whacky thing for an author to say until one day it happened to me. I saw something that startled me and I hollered. It took me a couple seconds to realize it was me that had made the noise.

    Sreaming in fear is an instinctive thing. Your post reminds me of the old saying, "If you can keep your head and stay calm while everyone around you is panicking, you probably don't understand the situation."
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  • jimdeere
    Does "Oooooooh, chiiiiiiit" qualify as a scream? Not trying to be funny, but that's what would come out of me if a bridge fell out from under me.
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  • allen griggs
    In a crisis, women will generally scream, rather than doing something constructive.
    I am not sure why they are wired that way, and I do not find it an appealling characteristic.
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  • He Dog
    Allen, I have seen women zing into action doing the right, necessary stuff, while men stood around befuddled during emergencies. Especially medical emergencies.
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  • zipperzap
    quote:allen griggs:

    In a crisis, women will generally scream, rather than doing something constructive.

    Obviously you haven;t met my ex-wife and two daughters.
    [:D]
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  • allen griggs
    So in y'alls experience, women handle emergencies better than men?
    That is a new one to me, and I have been involved in plenty of life and death emergencies.
    In my experience, the women stand around screaming while the men get to work.
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  • spryor
    quote:Originally posted by jimdeere
    Does "Oooooooh, chiiiiiiit" qualify as a scream? Not trying to be funny, but that's what would come out of me if a bridge fell out from under me.
    That would be me too, and i don't consider it the same as a scream. Maybe t's nothing more than a variance in the way each express themselves.
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