@Blueberrybook:

Thanks for your understanding, and your warm, and welcoming forgiveness. I know i hardly deserved it, especially from you who i was particularly nasty too. You have a big heart!

I find therapists more harmful than helpful. I've had many negative experiences with therapists, that just ADDED to my load of suffering. It did NOT relieve my suffering, it only made it WORSE. I will not see a therapist.

No, the police action is open-ended. They will not commit themselves to a time-frame. There is a backlog of incidents to address, so i do not expect a speedy resolution. This is lousy, because i don't wait well.

Good signs that they are working on it, are the facts that i met their threshold for my incident qualifying as a hate crime, was assigned a permanent case number, and received an email inquiry asking for more details.

So all this tells me that the police ARE working on it, it is an official matter now, they are paying attention, and that i must just be patient (not my strong suit).