not coping, in shock?

Post Reply New Topic

I got robbed by a delivery guy at my front door who pushed me aside, grabbed my pile of twenties, and ran. I chased him down the hallway and found out that I can't run. I'm a little old lady and as a runner I'm a joke. Later he came and banged on my door and thrust some twenties at me - I slammed the door on his hand and he dropped the twenties on my floor.

The store he works for said it's his word against mine.

This happened a day or two ago. I'm disoriented. I woke thinking I must get showered to go to work and eventually I remembered I don't have a job. Everything is like that. I don't know what I'm doing or what I'm supposed to be doing. I keep going back to bed.

All my support systems are gone - my doctor moved, my social worker got transferred.

Also my dentist who yanked my tooth said he would call in penicillin and painkillers, and he didn't. When I called him he said I don't need any.

Trust - I had built a network of people I could trust and I was dead wrong.

Hello Clara,

Sometimes, things happen all at once.
I hope you'll recover from that bad episode fast enough.
Is it possible to call back your dentist and insist for the pain killers?

I wish you the best.


PS: Besides, what are "twenties"? The pile of twenties you were robbed?

Why not report it to the police? Just because you got some of your money back; the guy probably meant to rob you and then changed his mind. Maybe he's tried robbing people before. I would still report it.

twenties are twenty dollar bills = $20

Claradoon,

I am so sad reading this. Please don't let this idiot get you down. Or any of the other idiots. You are not an old woman, you are the same age that my mother was when emigrated to a new country, changed citizenship (a beaurocratic nightmare), started speaking a different language, and made loads of new friends, all my herself!! I envy people your age because I am a silly little child who has about as much wisdom in my whole brain as you probably have in your big toe.

But I do have enough wisdom to be able to tell from other posts you've written that you are are a strong person inside because you are so helpful and friendly and humorous. So I believe that you will get over this soon and you will be looking back on it and giving other people the benefit of what you have learned from it.

I have some idea how scary it is to feel confused (e.g. thinking you are going to work when you're not). But this is a symptom of shock and stress. It does not mean that anything is happening to YOU. You've just been shaken up. The dust will settle. Being in physical pain causes confusion too. If your dentist won't give you painkillers get someone to fetch some for you from the shop if you don't feel comfortable going yourself yet. (Personally I would avoid anything with codeine though or any other opiate as these cause me slight hallucinatory confusion and you might not be too comfortable with that right now).

I feel silly giving you advice but I can imagine that you might be feeling really shaky and need someone to tell you that you will be OK if you just do these few things. And I really think you will if you just get some rest, some FOOD! - very important! As much as you can eat, escpecially cakes and cookies and all that stuff... and watch something really easy or comforting on a video ... read a nice warming book ...

Thinking of you!

Never mind that silly bugger who did this to you. You just get on with caring for yourself and recovering