Let it out, scream and shout

Do you ever feel so bogged down with class work and stress that you want to SCREAM your head off?  

Or violently throw your body against a wall?  

Or, perhaps you have at least experienced the itching temptation to jump in front of strangers and bellow a hideous, stress-releasing shriek.  

Well, that is exactly what I do.

This October, I had the wonderful honor of working at Kennywood's Phantom Fright Nights.  

I worked in the newest haunt, Biofear, a science experiment gone wrong.  

Every weekend I would slip into my biohazard costume and cake on layers of Halloween makeup.  

Initially, my designated spot in the maze was in the bathroom.  I pretended that I was sick, only stages away from becoming a full-fledged mutant.  

My crew soon named me "puking girl" as I deceitfully gagged and hurled into a toilet covered with giant, fake brown turds.  But this wasn't enough.  

My job was becoming more of a grotesque entertainer than a scary freak of nature.  I wanted in on the action.  

So my lovely co-worker, Chelsey, told me that I needed to just GO CRAZY. Let it all out!  

I took this as a challenge.  

Painting my face with glow-in-the-dark makeup, and teasing my hair into a chaotic mess, I initiated a transformation.  

I knew that to truly enjoy myself, I had to leave my porcelain throne and enrage myself into a psychotic mutant.  

Approaching a whole new level of crazy, I thought of every little thing that completely pisses me off and just went bonkers!  

I screamed and screamed and chased people.  

I slammed my body into walls, grabbed my hair in frustration and, you guessed it, screamed the living moonlight out of myself!  

It was the most liberating and refreshing feeling.  

All of the anxiety and frustration I had built up was depleted.  

And the best part?  

My insane and ridiculous behavior was not only accepted, but also encouraged.  

Which got me to thinking, we all get the urge to just go crazy, let it all out, and scream our heads off,  so why don't we?  

Who cares if it's ‘socially unacceptable.'  I believe we all have the audacity to behave in such temperaments.  

Take my experience as advice.  

Even if turning into a mutant for the night or thrusting your body against walls isn't your forte, a few manic screams never hurt anyone.  

In the end, all of the stress will vanish and you'll find yourself at peace.

Maybe it takes a little insanity to reach a sane handle on life.