Triggers. This morning a trigger sent me into a tailspin. One of the sweetest ladies I know reposted an attack on the woman who came forward about an alleged attack by a supreme court nominee. I was appalled and mystified by the post. Coming forward about an attack is hard enough. And now she's being attacked again. Whether this attack is true or not isn't the point. The point is that people are writing horrible things about her. They are threatening to kill her and her family. This is so wrong.
I was stalked at two different times in my life and had a brush with a serial killer. Sometimes, in the deep darkness of the middle of the night, I am haunted by these incidents. Otherwise, I don't talk about them. Once, in a while, during a conversation, I will tell a little about what happened. Not all. Some I won't repeat and some is a big black hole. It is true the mind blacks out traumatic events. I sometimes think about that black blank hole and wonder what it is protecting me from.
In my cases, the police and the company I worked for were involved. I had people helping me. If for some reason I had to come forward in a public forum I at least have written reports and a conviction. Not having any and having people around the country attack me for coming forward would be horrific. Today my hopes of human goodness have been tarnished.
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