Sorry to keep making threads.

I'm out of town across the country right now and something that happened at the airport really bothered me. I went through the scanner that checks for metal and I wasn't wearing anything metal, no jewelry, no belts, nothing. But the scanner went off and it showed that I had some traceable metal on my shoulder, but I know I was wearing no metal at all. So this got me to worrying that someone may have inserted something metal into my shoulder without my knowledge. I worry it's my uncle. The one who abused me and now I'm getting scared that he's looking for me again. I had worries like these before, but I was convinced later that these feelings were just psychosis, but I think with the scanner there may be positive evidence that there's something metal in my shoulder. I'm worried it's tracking my location.
I don't know where it is in my shoulder, but I know what I saw on the scanner and I know that the woman who had to pat me down saw it too. So I know I'm not crazy. I'm already a little stressed out by traveling on a plane a long way from home, but now having this thing in my shoulder is really messing me up even more. I can't contact the police like I want to because I tried that last time and they did no good. I am just scared. I want this to just be something my brain is making up, but this is real, I know it's real! I just hope it isn't!

[faerie_moon_x]

Are you a woman? Could it possibly have been your bra strap thingy (like the little piece that your strap loops through?) Sometimes those are metal. they might have a plastic outside, but the inside might be metal to reinforce it. That's one thing it might be.



I know how scary it is to have fears like that. I hope you find out what it was.

Yes, I am a woman. I haven't thought about it being my bra strap,
But wouldn't it have shown up on both shoulders if it were my bra strap piece?
I'm still kind of spooked, but I will consider that as a possibility.

[nicoleflynn]

Hmmmm, I might see a doctor.

[Bells129]

I'm thinking that it must have been a fault with the scanning equipment, they never would have let you through if there was an unknown metal item in your body. A similar situation has happened to me before and I completely understand how frightening it is, but sometimes it's not always the worst case scenario like we think it is. Sending lots of hugs your way

[Sometimes psychotic]

Originally Posted by Kori Anders

Yes, I am a woman. I haven't thought about it being my bra strap,
But wouldn't it have shown up on both shoulders if it were my bra strap piece?
I'm still kind of spooked, but I will consider that as a possibility.

Maybe not once early on in screening they had to scan my shoes and one reacted and the other did not---they had to X-ray them and found that one had a metal arch support and the other did not....I had no idea...some manufacturing defect. We all laughed. Hopefully that's all it is.