It's been said by others, but I would have been scared very badly by what happened to you. He should have spoken and asked. It is NEVER appropriate for someone to just come up in a parking lot and grab at your groceries. He is lucky you didn't scream or clobber him or call the cops on him.

I know it felt bad to just freeze, but it is just where you are at right now. I won't be like that forever. I used to be so highly hypervigilant that I felt as tight as piano wire is strung. If I was in a parking lot I was rehearsing what to do if this or that happened and that was in broad daylight, not the dark!!! I am aware now when I go out, but I am not haunted by fear or spooked easily. It has gotten better for me as I've worked on my issues and gotten some help from a counselor. Be gentle with yourself, ok?

I'm glad nothing sinister happened, but HE MADE A MISTAKE, NOT YOU!!!

Leslie