Posted by BeardedLady on October 24, 2002, at 16:13:22
In reply to Re: PRAY it's them! » BeardedLady, posted by IsoM on October 24, 2002, at 13:56:39
I remember thinking the day before, after seeing a criminology expert from my school on the news, that the guy probably ticked them off now by what he said, and they'll come to Baltimore and attack someone at the school. I remember being terrified for two days that I was going to be in the wrong place on my birthday. It was a silly thought, I admit.
And today I found out that they were just about fifteen blocks from my school--a mile away--on my birthday, sleeping in their car at a donut shop. On my birthday! I mean, go figure! What were they doing here?
I called the help line today and spoke with one of the crisis people, and she was really smart! She said what Judy1 said--that she wasn't saying I had post traumatic stress but that I was probably having a delayed stress reaction similar to PTS due to unresolved issues about my own robbery, as it involved the woods, where these two often hid to shoot. She also said that the 2:00 time may be significant, as if something happened at that time (my last visit to my in-laws before my father-in-law died, I woke up at 2:00 from the grandfather clock bonging?) or that I had a feeling then that every time I wake up, someone has died, which is now being renewed, as the sniper had taken new lives in the mornings or the evenings before.
Quite a productive day. I don't think their being caught will help me sleep tonight, but I am seeing my therapist tomorrow. Maybe that will help.
Thanks for all the positive thoughts.
beardy
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