I can relate to your being attacked & afraid for what might happen to you. I had it happen in real life when my Mother was dying of cancer....with the home care person who fraudulently portrayed herself as an RN & was associated with my Mothers boyfriend & his daughter.

She manipulated her way into caring for my Mother & then stole all the valuable jewelry, started writing checks signed by my Mother. I physically caught her on the phone applying for a credit card using all of my Mothers ID information....called the police & had them come to the house to accuse me of abusing my Mother & then when that didn't work, she got my mother to stuff a handfull of pills down her throat...turned out it was an OD of morphine when I found one of the pills that had dropped later that night after I safely got my MOther out of the house & into the hospital. From the hospital, I contacted Adult Protective services & let the boyfriend & daughter know what was going on.....they denied it completely....I know the daughter was in on it....trying to get my Mothers house for her father because he was helping out my mother during her cancer treatment. After that confrontation, I stupidly stayed alone overnight in my Mothers house. I had decided that morning to go directly to the police & file a report with them......as I opened the door to walk out, I realized that the front door was surronded by bushes & who might be hiding behind them....let alone, what might she have done to the car...it was sitting all night on the street & her husbans was supposedly a mechanic......first thought was a bomb (how movie like?) or the breaklines cut? I had no idea what I danger I might encounter if she thought she was being attacked...I already had my mother with an alias in the hospital so she couldn't find her there....but how could I keep the boyfriend away from her & if he knew where my Mother was, so would the lady. The drive to the police station didn't show up any damage to the car, only thing was that she showed up following in the car behind me as I turned down the street for the police department. The police came to the hospital later that day to take a statement....sadly, my Mother didn't really know what was going on around her, so it was basically my work against hers & even though she actually stole a credit card & used it, they didn't have enough evidence to put her away. I feared for my MOther everyday she was in the hospital & wouldn't leave her side for those 3 weeks until I had her transferred to a nursing home in the city where I lived....over 1 hour away from her home & no one except for family & very close friends knew where she was

I understand fear so well after that experience. I have always been a fighter & not willing to let others win....sadly, I wasn't able to stop this lady...Adult protective services dropped the case....without looking into it (can of worms to get into & things had been dropped wrongly) & the DA said the detective didn't have enough evidence.....I know she's out there doing this to other cancer patients. It's sad when in your heart you so badly want to stop them from doing these horrible things to other families but feel trapped & helpless...knowing excactly what it's like to fear for your life (even if it wasn't an open threat, wondering what a criminal might do may be far worse than actually knowing by a threat)/

Sometimes we have to retreat for our own safety or wellness. I know that this situation was making me so ill, I couldn't eat & was getting sicker & sicker to the point I was in the hospital with IV nurtition when my Mother actually died. Going through traumas is very difficult thing & most of the time we come out of it so wounded that our only way to heal is to retreat.

I hope you are able to get through some of the trauma issues you are dealing with....sadly when another trauma hits right after that one, the healing time isn't enough & we end up adding new struggles to the ones we were just trying to heal from.....

It is good that you are able to recognize & act in a way that you are able to protect yourself & know yourself well enough to explain where you are coming from at this point in time.

Thank you for sharing.....you definitely understand where you are coming from & can definitely sympathize with you.
Debbie