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YES -- I feel that way, too, when I hear a baby crying. I want to cry, too. And it's not out of frustration as much as it is just such a terribly sad sound, like from pain. I could not imagine those sounds coming from any room in my house. And if it didn't stop, I'd want to commit suicide.

The sound of a crying baby just makes me want to scream. I'd be so easy to torture - just shut me in a room with a wailing baby for two minutes, and I'd tell you anything you wanted to know, just please make it stop!

This is one sound guaranteed to set my teeth on edge and make my blood pressure rise. There was one in the supermarket last weekend, alternately wailing and screaming, and the parents just oblivious - arrgggh!! Food shopping is a chore already, your mobile torture device is NOT HELPING!

And that glass-shattering squeal that two year olds make is just as bad, if not worse. I have the patented glare of death for any child that makes that noise in my vicinity!!

Yes, it is a sad sound to me also. I thinks that's why it makes me want to cry as well. But it's the infants that make me feel that way. When a two year old is screeching it usually just seems bratty to me, because they usually don't sound like they're in any physical pain - they just seem upset because they can't have what they want.

Crying infants (less than 2) make me feel utterly helpless - like they are suffering and I can't do anything right. Crying or whining toddlers (and up) make me want to gouge my eyes out with sharp objects.

The worst sound is not just the screaming kid, but the "hypersonic" screaming kid -- the sound that even if you had ear plugs 3 inches thick, you'd STILL hear that piercing, screeching high-pitched whine!

Anything more than 5 seconds of that and I go crazy. Not a fun sight.

There is a difference between infants and toddlers, because toddlers can talk, and tell you what is wrong. When my nephew was a baby, he was crying hysterically one night, and my sister and I didn't know what was wrong with him. We finally gave him something for gas, and he was still crying because he had gotten himself so worked up, but he was smiling. It was like he was saying, thank you for getting it! And we commented that he was "smiling through his tears." Because, when they are that little, crying is the only way they can tell you something is wrong. And the poor guy was frustrated.

Agreed, happy... the ability to communicate makes all the difference. I'm the same way with my critters - it kills me that they can't tell me what's wrong when they don't feel well.

OMG, this so funny to me right now. I was just trying to figure out what is wrong with my dog, because she's acting a little funny like there's a sore spot on her rear end. I was running my hands over her body saying, "Show me where hurts" and wishing she could answer (she didn't). Talk about feeling like a crazy cat lady, here I am trying to read my dog's mind.

That's funny. See, that's actually one of the things I like about animals, that they don't talk. Although it's frustrating to communicate with them. If babies could stay in that cute phase, like animals do, I would have one. But once they start mouthing off, I'm out of there!

You're doing the right thing for your dog, Frieda. Spend some quiet time with her, doing just what you're doing, and you might be able to help your vet figure things out faster.