Free Pass to Scream

A long while back (although it was really only a year) I read a blog post/comic by the wonderful Allie entitled: Sneaky Hate Spiral. (http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/05/sneaky-hate-spiral.html)

The best part about it was the accuracy with which she portrays something everyone has experienced.
And lately, unfortunately my life has been no exception.
Stress is funny that way.
It builds and builds and suffocates you until there is nothing left to do but explode.
Thus, recently, I find myself fighting off a strange urge to scream.

And then I realized.

EVERYONE (and I do mean everyone) should be allowed a free pass to some place that allows them the chance to scream.
Places like:

An amusement park -- in which dangerous feats of physics are made possible by strategic placements of metal and wheels.

A ball game -- in which the epic feats of sportsmanship inspire such anger and rapture that you are forced by nature to participate in the raucous expression of your emotions.

A haunted house -- in which various costumed people, props, and mechanisms are propped, placed, and strewn about with the express purpose of scaring you senseless.

A club -- in which the music is so much louder than your ability to speak that you are forced to raise your voice to naturally unhealthy decibels in order to be understood.

Or perhaps events/activities would suit some better?
Things like:

A concert -- in which you and hundreds of other fans show appreciation by vocally assisting your favorite band/singer with remembering the words to their songs.

Bungee jumping -- in which, tied to an elastic rope, you willingly throw yourself off the railing of a bridge, threatening your body with an x-mph smash into the ground below.

Sky diving -- in which you take classes for the purpose of eventually throwing yourself out of an airplane.

Cliff diving -- in which you and some of your friends bet on who will have enough gall to jump from that extremely high cliff side, into the presumably death-by-stone-impalement waters below

Then again, there are some potentially more constructive passes that might be helpful:

Singing -- in which you are allowed to sing as loud and as off key as you want, preferably with the accompaniment of a REALLY LOUD BAND.

Acting -- in which by right of character, you are allowed to speak as ornery or excitedly or obnoxiously as you'd like. Or, in which you die and therefore must let out a last cry.

There are probably many more things that would be a valid de-stressing-by-screaming activity so I rest my case.

Everyone should be allowed a free pass, to some thing, somewhere, where they are given the undeniable right (not privilege) to yell whatever they want without consequence, as loud as they want.

I think that doing this would make the world a much more peaceful place.