trigger - i was assaulted

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And then this evening I was threatened by two drunk guys with a 357 revolver and an assault rifle - both drunk and intent on ******* me. Luckily my wife stepped out of our house to the front yard and confronted them with a mini14 and persuaded them to put the assault weapon down. The drunk guy with the 357 kept the gun pointed at me and threatening to shoot me - I was unarmed. After a tense 10 minutes of negotiation, they decided to leave. Oddly enough I was not scared, just nervous. I think this will all hit me later when I have time to process what happened. I almost wanted to laugh at them... I think of suicide every day, and their bullets just did not scare me. My wife was extremely angry and wanted to shoot them both. I was just wanting to defuse the situation, and it finally settled down a little, and they left. Dont know what this will do to my anxiety/depression/ocpd.... when it finally sinks in.

I dont know what to do or think. I am numb right now. Any words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated. -atsidi

if I had just come face to face with two drunks packing a 357 and an assault weapon I wouldnt be wasting time typing on a computer I would be dialing my phone for the police, making a report before the jerks either came back or harmed someone else. around here its illegal what they did.

my suggstion call the cops and let them deal with it and contact your doctors for help dealing with this crisis. here on psych central all we can do is read what you post and tell you what we would do if it happened to us. we cant do anything else to help you but your doctor/therapist/psychiatrists and the police in your area will know what to do to best help you.

I'm sorry that happened to you Are you in therapy? That might be something to help you get through the effects it might have on you

I am in therapy for depression, anxiety. and ocd. I definitly will talk to my T about this.

I cannot imagine what this must have been like for you.... except of course very, very scary. You obviously have a wife that deeply cares whether you live or die. Consider that as a great blessing!!

I owe my wife and God my life this evening.

The wierd thing... I have been so depressed and sucidial lately, that their guns did not scare me that much. My poor brain has been through so much lately, that this was just another surreal event in my miserable life. I am sure it will hit me later. I am just numb right now

Getting counseling would be the best thing you can do. I am sorry that happened.

Sorry you went through this. Be wary of 'stress' reactions, post assault! PTSD. Little things, may bring about jumpiness, or other reactions, even weeks down the road.

Are you pressing charges, on these men, or are you of the knowledge that they will never be around again?

Thanks to everyone for your help!!!!!!

I am afraid to press charges... law enforcement around here is terrible, and takes about an hour for anyone to show up. I just wish this event would go away, like a bad dream.

But I am alive, and no shots were fired. So I am thankful for that.

I have no clue how my mind will process this event.... I really did not need this... I was making progress on my depression/anxiety/ocpd, but now I am unsure about everything in my life. I just dont know anything now.

I am just numb.

I am feeling better. I have talked to a lot of people about it, and I think i have got my mind around the whole idea of what happened to us. we are still shaken about it, and learning what to do when it happens again.