|
Oct 17, 2022, 03:46 PM
|
|
|
|
Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue_Bird
I’m having severe anxiety. Police were in the building for some other person and I keep thinking they’re after me. That’s one of my big paranoias that the police are out to get me. I saw them in the building now I’m having a kind of meltdown which makes zero sense but I always think they’re after me.
|
Ugh, I'm so sorry, Birdie. I also have huge anxiety about cops. I mean, I'll be honest...there have been times in my life when an officer truly helped me out and for that, I am very grateful. That said, my interactions with police have usually been stressful and just plain not good.
The last straw, the one that really caused me to have a serious (and valid) mistrust of cops was when I was "arrested to the hospital." 5 years ago I was having a breakdown, due mostly to my sister's death. I was sui and just plain unglued. I foolishly got on Facebook and posted about how I was feeling. My cousin called 911 (not wise). The cops came and although I was in no way violent or resistant, those two big guys literally jumped on me, shoved me down, and handcuffed me. Pushed me into the small back on their police SUV and took me to the hospital, where I was held for 24 hellish hours.
Since that awful experience all I have to do is see a cop and the terror of that night rushes in at me.
Have you had a specific(s) bad incident with the police that causes you to feel afraid of them?
__________________
|