Has a loud baby/toddler ever give you a meltdown?

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The noises of screaming and crying children/babies drives me crazy and they are one of the only sounds that can drive to a meltdown if exposed to it long enough. When my mom and I go to stores and there are screaming kids, I think really terrible thoughts and I cover my ears and try to calm myself down so I don't make a scene. They stress me out and I don't know how my parents didn't just freak out on me when I was annoying and screaming as a child.

Also, I don't know how I am going to cope or calm myself down so I don't snap when eventually my cousins produce kids and bring them to family gatherings. I usually have very good self-control and coping skills so I don't throw meltdowns or get pissy or let it affect me too much. I don't want to create conflict with them due to their screaming children.

no. but i've had an almost meltdown from a crying puppy.
my mom left her outside at 6 in the morning while i was asleep, the started crying and it went on for what seemed like 3 hours.
let me tell you, that sound, right outside my bedroom window, so early and for so long, i snapped and started screaming and slamming my pillows against the bed.
not that human children are any better. i just haven't gotten to that breaking point with them.

Absolutely without a doubt. I want to start throwing stuff whenever I hear a baby cry. And it never seems to bother anyone but me.

YEARS ago, my infant nephew I was babysitting got some bug up his ass about something and starting crying...and crying...and crying...and it got louder...and Louder....and LOUDER. I did everything I could think of to make him stop -- checked his diaper, offered a bottle, rocked him, sang to him -- but nothing helped. This went on for probably a 1/2 hour. When I started screaming in his face to stop, I knew I was losing it. I called my mother to ask for advice, crying hysterically the whole time. Eventually he stopped on his own, and I was completely mentally exhausted. After that episode, every time I would think I'd like to have a kid, all I would have to do is think about that day, and the parental urge evaporated.

Natural sound like babies crying doesn't normally cause a problem just artificial sounds, on the other hand people shouting does, maybe its only low pitched sounds for me.

It is high pitched (hysterical) screaming and whining (like 6 year olds like to do) that drives me crazy.. the low noises don't bother me.

Oh, all the time! I always suddenly get really angry and start threatening to kill the offending baby (obviously I wouldn't do such a thing). I start digging my nails into my arms and hands, scratch my skin raw and if I don't get out of the situation quickly, I start stomping my feet, stimming, breaking whatever is in my hand/next to me and threaten my mum.

This is the same for all sounds. Loud talking, hearing music through headphones, car alarms... lots of stuff sets me off. When I'm in college I try to hold myself back as I'm in a classroom full of people who know me and I don't want them to think of me as some 'crazy mental patient' and get bullied, so I hold it in until it gets too much and I have a full meltdown. My LSA then quickly escorts me out of the classroom to a quiet area.

Fire alarms are my worse enemy. I end up just having a full on meltdown, hurting myself, banging my head and throwing myself on the floor.

I have tried many strategies to cope with loud noise (counting, deep breathing, noise cancelling headphones) but none of them work. I get told time and time again that if I need to leave the classroom I can just tell my LSA but for some reason I can't speak and just stop functioning when I get angry/sad. I stop responding, hide my face and don't move an inch. I know I do this but for some reason I can't control myself.

I have gotten better though but it's a very slow improvement and I don't think I'll ever learn to cope like a lot of other people can who are on the spectrum (it makes me very annoyed that I can't improve).