Witnessed my neighbour getting assulted......

[MyLifeNow20]

It was nearly 2 weeks ago. Witness my neighbour getting beaten up by some drunk person after kindly asking to keep the noise down.
He has a broken jaw in 2 places, I had to call police/ ambulance.
I relive this time and videos in my head nearly every hour of the day (I say hour because it has improved as it used to be all the time)
There was a certain engine noise that night and I hear noises that sound like that sound.
Am I being silly? Should I try and block it out?

Do you think counselling might help?

Goodness, how traumatic for you

About 6-8 weeks ago I witnessed a drunk woman get sexually assaulted outside my flat. I saw it from my flat window, they never saw me. I called the police shaking and the last I heard they were able to watch the men walking up the road on cctv from the control room.

Police said they would call me for a statement/follow up but I never heard anything. I've really struggled since then as it was a trigger for my own history and walking past the bench it happened on gives me flashbacks still.

I'm angry that 'victim support' is a thing the police follow up with but 'witness support' doesn't seem to be. Have you had the same (non)experience from them?

As a PP said, counselling may be a good idea for you. I've managed to work through most of it myself using techniques I learned from previous counselling.

You're not silly! You were in an extreme situation and your memory has got stuck replaying it. You can get help with this before it turns into PTSD and messes you up still more. I'd start with your GP. Please don't discount this symptom and tell yourself it's silliness. It's very real and very unsettling. I hope you can get it sorted soon.

You are not being silly at all, I think you should find someone to chat to. Hope your neighbour is healing.

Two weeks isn't that long after witnessing a very frightening event. I don't think you should try and block it out but I think you should speak to your GP.

I had post traumatic stress after childbirth, I couldn't hold a conversation as I kept getting distracted by images of what happened playing over in my head. It gave me some comfort when I read up online that this is a "normal" part of your mind getting over the experience. If it's improving that is a good sign, it will hopefully continue to improve and fade with time. I found it helpful to have calming TV in the background when I went to sleep to stop me obsessively thinking about it.