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[rabidsamfan]

The guy who took a swing at me failed his "competent to plea" test and has been scooped up by the Immigration people, so chances are good I won't see him again.

Except in my nightmares. I've been seeing his fist miss my face by two inches every time I closed my eyes today.

fuck fuck fuckity fuck fuck fuck

I wonder if brandy to help me go to sleep tonight will make my stomach even worse.

Comments

[dreamflower]

Good thing the baddie is being sent away!

(((hugs RSF)))
*sends Sam to stand guard over RSF with Sting in one hand and Lady's Phial in the other*

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

No brandy, dear. If your stomach is already irritated, you should by all means avoid strong alcohol. Try a Roibos-tea... or chamomile, as I said before. And take a warm bath. Do something good and soothing for your poor nerves. I'm thinking of you.

*hugs*

Full agreement

[lindelea1.livejournal.com]

Chamomile is supposed to be very soothing. When one of my babies had terrible screaming fits, the naturopath recommended a tablespoon of chamomile... and it calmed the little dear, somehow.

I drink the stuff when I *have* to--it tastes to me like I'd imagine grass might. But it is soothing. The same naturopath recommended it if I'd had too much caffeine. He said it's sort of the opposite.

*hugs*

Re: Full agreement

[lindelea1.livejournal.com]

oops, I meant a tablespoon of brewed Chamomile tea!

(and then I guess I was supposed to drink the rest, augh)

Re: Full agreement

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Chamomile is a bit bitter, but is a supremely good calmant. Honey helps the bitterness, and is also good for a sour stomach. Adding lavendar to the tea will also help, as it is also a good calmant.

[elasg.livejournal.com]

Next time you see it, kick out really hard and catch the jerk right in the balls. Even if it's only in your mind's eye, it will help.

*sends her punching bag to RSF so she can vent her frustrations*

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

What she said!

Warrior Merry and Citadel Knight Pippin are ready to come over, if they may be of assistance. Just say the word.

[slipperieslope.livejournal.com]

Sweetie, he is gone. You are safe. It is over. Violence is shocking and a near miss horrifying. I imagine it will haunt you for a long, long while. But try to forget it. Re-living it and dwelling only embeds it more deeply in your memory and unfortunately our psyche stores bad memories up in the front of our recall.

((hugs))

[serai1.livejournal.com]

RSF, I understand your turmoil. Here's a trick from NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) that I've found very useful when dealing with a bad memory. When you're confronted with an intense mental image like that, which will not go away, this will help.

When you feel the image coming on, pay close attention to it. Don't cower or try to avoid it. Get ready. When it appears, don't engage the image in its own unpleasantness (i.e., don't imagine yourself actually fighting the guy). Rather, visualize the whole image shrinking or receding into the distance extremely fast, as if you'd grabbed it and thrown it as hard as you could. While you do this, vocalize if you have to in order to accomplish the effect. Make a large sound (yell), but be sure your throat says open. Don't tighten up. The idea is to rid yourself of the harmful image without becoming a part of the emotions the image calls up.

It'll take a few repetitions of this action for the trick to take effect, and the image to lose its power. But believe me, it will. Soon it'll start looking like just a picture, without real weight to you. (You'll only have to yell a couple of times, by the way, if you have to at all - once you get the sound connected to the action, you can do the yelling in your head.) The whole thing sounds a little silly, but it does work. Give it a try and see.

*big hug*

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

ooh, I'm sorry that's haunting you. What an awful experience and understandable that you're still being haunted. Hope you do get to sleep well tonight!

[illyria-novia.livejournal.com]

Hot cocoa with lots of cream helps better, IMO, and easier on the tummy. But others have offered better suggestions, so I can only offer you *big hugs* and wish you a peaceful slumber.

[gayalondiel.livejournal.com]

My poor darling, how sucky.

*hugs you*

*sends phalanx of hobbits to stand guard and protect you*

*hugs more*

[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

Oh! *hugs you and shields you from people who wants to harm you*

At least you won`t see him again.

[danachan.livejournal.com]

*wading back through her friend's list*

Well, at least we know you won't be seeing him for real again. Hopefully the bad dreams will fade away, my dear. *hugs you good and tight*