It’s been over 2 weeks since the incident and I’m still struggling to make it through a work day. I only managed to work 6 hours on Tuesday and 5 hours yesterday. Today is my regular day off. I’m supposed to work Friday and Saturday 10 hour shifts. Financially I really need to work those full days. I’m having horrible emotional burn out. My job is hard as I’m an escalations case manager which means I get all the difficult customers. How am I just supposed to return to normal like nothing happened?
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What happened??
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I won’t go into detail but I was assaulted outside my apartment about 2 1/2 weeks ago
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Aa, sh-it. I’m sorry that happened to you. Did they catch the guy?
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No they didn’t. I met with a sketch artist and all but they have no clue who they are.
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Aren’t there cameras there? I mean there should be!
Turns out there were no city camera or cameras from the apartment complex either
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That’s not good.
I’m sorry you got assaulted. It would totally freak anyone out.
But you didn’t get hurt did you?
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I have a few bruises and other injuries I won’t go into. I feel fine now was just sore for about a week and a half. They won’t have the results from the assault kit for another month or two to test for dna
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Moving to School and Work.
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That’s horrible. Do you carry pepper spray?
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I didn’t have it with me when I was attacked. I’ve actually started conceal carrying now plus carrying pepper spray
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Ok! I hope you didn’t get traumatized too badly.
It would make me paranoid af.
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I haven’t been sleeping. I keep having flashbacks. I can’t walk outside my apartment in the dark anymore
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Hmm! That sucks. Just know it’s completely normal what you are going through.
Do you have a psychologist that you can talk to?
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Yeah I see a therapist weekly and I obviously have a Pdoc as well. I see my Pdoc next week and might ask for a med increase temporarily.
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Yes, that sounds like a plan. If you are on stimulants I would consider taking a break from them.
And tell your doc that you can’t sleep. Perhaps she can prescribe something for it!
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I already take 10mg of Ambien and I still can’t sleep. I’m terrified to fall asleep for some reason
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Yeah, I completely understand. It’s perfectly normal not being able to sleep after what you’ve gone through.
I think you need to speak to your therapist about it.
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I have been speaking to my therapist about it and it is helpful. She encouraged me to speak to people about what happened vs bottling everything up and keeping things a secret
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