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Hi all,

I'm a new to this forum. And I'm sorry for my English(English is not my native language) but I need your help.

Let me explain what I've been through shortly.

I've been a very happy and friendly guy before the October 27, 2008. I've been in the middle way back to my home and in the train I was attacked by some gang. Later I woke up in the railway road. It was terrible night I ever had. First of all I didn't know where am I, but very quickly my memory came back to me. I was bleeding badly and I had my arms broken and my head was like a pumpkin big. It was dark and only railroad and the forest around me. Suddenly, I've heard peoples voices and the lights it looks like those people were looking for someone. And I've realized that they were looking for me (because I've just only one on there). Than I tried to escape from them. I was looking for some kind of shelter somewhere. Fortunately, there was a village near. But when I went into this village some people try to catch me (and screaming "Catch him") I was shocked then, how it possible and what was happening.

After that I was trying to escape from them I was desperately running out and than I fell to the water (it was kind of a lake not very big). I'm used to be a professional swimmer in my earlies. In the center of this lake there were a lot of plants and some small pieces of the land in which I tried to hide from my persecutors(but had know idea who they were).

Very quickly all those people who tried to catch me found that I was in the center of the lake. And I've seen and heard them circling around the lake with lights, but no one would like to come into the lake(the water was very cold but I feel nothing but deep fear). I've spent about 3-4 hours in this water trying to survive. I even tried to stop breathing when I thought this is the end(but fortunately I couldn't do it).

After that I tried to communicate with them I was screaming to them "what they want from me, and I have no money with me and that all my baggage was in train, and I was asking them to leave me alone because I even don't know them". And when sun were start raising they were all gone. I've seen them going out (to be honest I didn't believe it). After that I swam to coast and I run out through some farm fields, later I was crawling thought some fields as well. Until at last I came across some private lake where were 3 or 4 big dogs. A guardian of this lake asked me who I am and I explained him all my story so far (I think he didn't believe me because I've looked awful, my clothes were dirty and jagged, my head was like I had beaten I looked like a homeless person I think). But this man help me and gave me some food an proposed to stayed on they lake for some nights, and of course I stayed with them.

But later on the same day came an owner of the lake he asked me all over again my story (I told him everything again). When I asked them could I use their mobile phones they told me that it's expensive to call to my home town (which I didn't understand). But they got from me my parents address and phone number (the owner of the lake told me that they would contact with my parents when he game back to home).

To be honest I was worry about that they could know the people from I tried to escape (because they live in the same village). I spent one night (it was a terrible night I was frightening about what happed to me).

The next evening we heard that some cars came to the lake. It was the happiest day in all my life, it was my father with my friends( I think that GOD helped me). Later on the way home in the car with my father he told me that the owner of the Lake just call to my father when they arrived to this village (I don't know why he didn't called before.). We've been back to my home the next day. I was too tired to think about anything happened to me I've just fall a sleep.

Later when I was safe at home I had many nightmares (which was very real and very close to what I was went through). I felt fear, anxiety, helplessness and it was horrible day by day. My parents try to help me as possible as they could. But my fear was much more powerful. I became a very hypervigilant person that I wouldn't before (I think that some one or group try to follow me to harm or kill. Even I understand that's only my past memory that scares me, I'm still feel enormous fear when I'm going out of home). Because of that I'm mostly spending time at home (of course I'm going out some time, but it's really difficult for me)

It's been more than 2 years now. I've read many books about PTSD, I even decide going to the psychiatrist to ask for help, but I'm not sure that it will help.

Please if some one could help me I would be happy on your advise.

Thank you very much for you help.
 
Getting a support group is the most important. Go to a therapist and tell them what happened. There are also many people on here who are willing to talk and share. It is always good to know you are not alone.
 
I agree with shadowchaser. A support group is definitely a helpful thing.

Did you report this attack to your local law enforcement? Do you have any better idea of what those people were attacking you for? Are you still living in that area or have you moved?

I hope that you are in a safe location that isn't truly dangerous for you to walk around in. Seeing a psychiatrist is definitely a good idea, and it's good that you are educating yourself about PTSD. I hope that you will find some support on this site and some comfort with your psychiatrist. Keep us updated on your progress, good luck, and welcome! :)
 
Hi all,
Thank you very much all of you who understand me.

And the worst thing is that I understand that my past is just past (I'm not trying to forget it but understand that was a bad experience which I should accept and I do accept it), and my fear is just not a real wright now. It's kind of like in the movie "Beautiful Mind" but only difference that I haven't hallucinations.

My problem is that I've lost a part of me which would like to meet new people be happy, go for a walk in a park going with friend out. It's all gone straightaway after my accident, I became a person like a prisoner at my home (I'm trying not to go out of my home, I'm working as a freelancer at my home I'm a programmer) and my mind put myself there I understand that, it's terrible to live this way.

Why I've decided to fight my fears and part of my brain but it's very difficult. The very helpful for me was to write down my thoughts about my fears than confront it and later tears it up. And I've read many books about PTSD that help to understand that I'm not alone. But when I found this forum and I've read many posts here I fell a big relief from my fears (thank you very much for that brilliant forum ), of course I should keep going to fight my scary thoughts and I will.

The next important thing that help me is stop drinking when I'm felt an anxiety or fear attack (I used to drink at the beginning of my trauma. To be honest it helped me but it's the bad thing, because on the next day morning when the alcohol gone I felt even worse. I mean that drinking is a bad, bad thing which we never should use if we try to cure from our bad past experience.) Since I've decided not to drink (which was a very difficult) I'm feel very happy that I did it.

The interesting thing is that my memories and brain now works even better than before my accident which is good. The next good thing which helped me is to watch a good biographic movie about the people who's has real trauma in their life's for example : "Schindler's list", "Glory", "Malcolm X", "The Hurricane - Rubin Carter " and many others (be careful all of those movies are very difficult and frightful stories. If you are not sure please do not watch them. But it works for me). When watching all of those real story movies I'm crying very much because it's a very frightful and I realized that my story is just a bad experience but not worst. I think it very helped me.

But the bad thing is that when I'm out I'm all the time are looking for a dangerous people my hypervigilance is a very high (it hurts me very much). I'm feeling like a James Bond trying to looking for the threat all the time (I think it's because of my past experience "that I was pursued by a gang"). I know it's only my past try to scare me and I tried to fight it, but it's very difficult to be honest.

I hope that my story will help someone here to understand that everything is possible, and we are not alone.

I would be very happy to speak to anyone who understand me.
 
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