traumatised & worried

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Am I being unreasonable to be suffering post traumatic stress disorder after having been shocked from a deep night sleep by extremely loud banging like the front door was been broken down, accompanied by a shouting voice yelling "open the door" over and over....on looking out window there are police everywhere, a riot van and the policeman is still shouting at me to open the door. As I thought I was been attacked by a weird intruder I was glad it was police but on opening the door they demanded they were looking for a person by the name of ........ after saying nobody of that name lives here and telling them only me and my 3 kids were here, husband at work, they asked to have a look around the house. Having nothing to hide and it been my dumb nature to be ever helpful, I said "yes of course, fine, just be careful you don't trip over any toys" it been half term and the house looks like it's been trashed. They thanked me and I asked them why they came here and they muttered about following some blood trail here......??? My two older kids were woken up by the noise and then had torches shone in their faces...........After leaving my house they then shot into the house opposite me where they bundled five blokes into the riot van and sped off. They had come to my address first by accident!!! No apology for causing me to almost keel over from shock and traumatising the kids!!

I don't think being a bit freaked out qualifies as PTSD.

Nothing I can say, but I didn't just want to read and run.
Are you ok? How are the kids doing?

I guess they were too busy trying to catch the guy to think about apologising. I am sorry you're feeling so scared, I am not surprised you do!

I got woken up at 4am once by 2 policemen banging loudly on my door, telling me that someone had reported screams coming from my flat (there hadn't been any). No apology then either.

Oh and it is of course not PTSD as this would not be diagnosed till 30 days after the event, but I am not surprised you feel shocked right now!

That's awful.

Hope you are ok

why are you worried and traumatised, it has shown you that the police force is strong and can act.

it probably the aderline kicking in.

but hope you are ok

Hi Billybobchilli :)

No apology for causing me to almost keel over from shock and traumatising the kids!!

It's a shame that happened to you and I would have been scared too but they can't waste precious time apologising to you because if they had they may not have caught the suspects.

PTSD?! This is debilitating disorder that I've dealt with through my work. It's very disrepectful to say you have it after having the inconvenience of being rudely awakened.

Same person do you think missing

What A1980 said. Spot on.

PTSD are you serious ? Get a grip.

So you've been officially diagnosed with PTSD?

Ring the police station either later today or in office hours and someone will probably talk to you about it. They won't give you any details about exactly what they were doing and who they caught but they might be able to set your mind at rest and possibly apologise for the disturbance.

That's what my dad did anyway after they chased someone into our back garden before apprehending him. They were very helpful.

It must have been a horrible experience, but you will all recover.

I'm sorry you and your children have had a scare but it should give you comfort that the men were arrested. I agree with A1980 - the police can't waste time and tbh if they really thought that the criminals were hiding in your house then yeah, they had every right to come in and have a look around.

I'm overlooking the PTSD comment.

My parents had an armed raid on their house in the middle of the night once. I slept through it. Mistaken identity!

I had this happen, except it really was thugs. Luckily, the realised they'd got the wrong house before they beat the shit out of me

I was diagnosed with PTSD - you get that diagnosis when symptoms of anxiety and depression related to the incident have persisted for over 3 months.

YANBU that it's a fucking horrible thing to happen. YABU to think PTSD is involved. Despite being over the PTSD I still feel utterly pathetic for having had it over something so minor - soldiers in war zones get PTSD from seeing tiny children blown apart by land mines

Outrageous behaviour on the part of the police. Get in touch with the police station and see what they say.

But a bit bizarre to mention PTSD- I'm presuming you don't know what it means?

I understand why you are shocked and shaken op. It kind of shakes a feeling of 'this is my home' when publicly invaded - even if by the police. I hope you feel calmer soon.

altinkum - I remember your thread How are your DH and DS these days? I hope they have recovered well.

OP - YANBU to feel stressed because this is so out of the ordinary, but YABU to exaggerate and dramatize especially re "PTSD".

I would be more worried by the fact I was living next door to criminals than by the police coming to arrest them.

What a1980 said.

They may have had reason to Believe there was something at your house, there wasn't of course but information isn't always going to be right. The fact they arrested people over the road shows they were in the right area at the right time and that would worry me more!

I agree that was must have been extremely scary for you and your children and you are within your rights to ask someone from police liason to come round.

I also think that it was careless to use PTSD as a dianosis but will look past this as carelessness due to the fear you suffered.

haven't seen you around for ages.