In an emergency situation. Im horrified by stories of people getting mugged/raped/burgled and counter-attacking the perpetrator just to end up locked up themselves.
I have really high anxiety so the scenario of being burgled goes through my mind a lot. I was physically abused most of my life from childhood to late teens and don't respond rationally to danger. If I'm in a "fight or flight" situation I can be unpredictable like im sure many others would be. But my experience is that I won't consider at the time what I'm doing.
For example if someone broke in and was going for the baby, I'd probably not think twice about grabbing my hockey stick from school or a knife or anything at all to protect them.
I actually sit and wonder what household objects I can claim "I just grabbed the closest thing to me" with
AIBU in thinking we shouldn't be punishing the people who are being attacked to the point where we fear defending ourselves
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To be scared of not using reasonable force
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WalkingBlind · 17/09/2016 00:19
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