It could be. I had more than 10 of these events, involving knife crime and life threatening events. I grew up in a very un-safe place.

When i was 13-14 i noticed some emotional dysregulation in my body. Suddenly i couldn't breath properly, when faced with challenging events (mostly school fights or confrontations). I managed to reppres this emotional dysregulation, but than i was afraid to get into daily challenges, because those dysregulations would show up again...so, i started avoiding things, people and events that could potentially put me in a state of fear, in wich i had no control and would feel humiliated.

This is when my escapism started showing up, i would try to make myself smaller and always wanted to disappear or hide, so i would not have to be confronted by people and events.