What is the most invasive thing that has happened to you?
Last month, my home was robbed while we were away and we lost nearly $10,000. That was my most invasive experience.
I feel as if you go through a series of milestones after being robbed - as with any tragedy or life-altering event.
It was overwhelmingly devastating at first.
Then, I was angered to the point of tears.
Soon-after, I devoted every bit of energy I could towards playing Sherlock and trying to find out who could have robbed us. I cut out new friends, rethought conversations, gathered evidence.
Throughout it all I felt unsafe and as if my home was no longer warm. I purged old belongings, I moved furniture around, and I couldn't sleep.
We will make that money back eventually, I suppose - and we learned a hard lesson about keeping cash around.
I'll never feel the same at home, though, or alone on a dark night. My irrational fear of breakins occurring became reality and my night-terrors about such are awful now.
But I'm still breathing.
I feel as if you go through a series of milestones after being robbed - as with any tragedy or life-altering event.
It was overwhelmingly devastating at first.
Then, I was angered to the point of tears.
Soon-after, I devoted every bit of energy I could towards playing Sherlock and trying to find out who could have robbed us. I cut out new friends, rethought conversations, gathered evidence.
Throughout it all I felt unsafe and as if my home was no longer warm. I purged old belongings, I moved furniture around, and I couldn't sleep.
We will make that money back eventually, I suppose - and we learned a hard lesson about keeping cash around.
I'll never feel the same at home, though, or alone on a dark night. My irrational fear of breakins occurring became reality and my night-terrors about such are awful now.
But I'm still breathing.
