MVLaHearse
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I have a very specific phobia of police officers and law enforcement. It isn't just a "I don't like cops". This is a full blown panic inducing fear. Anytime I'm even near a police officer or think about police coming to my house, stopping me, or talking to me I start freaking out. My heart pounds, I can't breathe, and my stomach starts hurting. I completely tense up and I can't help it. This, in turn, makes everything worse because they think I'm acting weird because I'm doing or have done something wrong even when I'm innocently going about my business.
Apparently, I've been like this since I was little. I don't recall anything happening when I was small to cause this although I've had run ins as I got older that cemented my phobia. I'm not a criminal, either petty or felonious. My dad is military so I learned to be respectful but I just didn't fit in with the people in the little stuck up town I lived in and the police in the entire county were aggressive and bored. I live in a big city now and the cops don't pay any attention to me so it helps but I still stiffen up and the panic begins.
Does anyone else have this? I told someone else about it and they said "don't break the law. That's not helpful since I'm not and I'm still dealing with this debilitating fear.
Apparently, I've been like this since I was little. I don't recall anything happening when I was small to cause this although I've had run ins as I got older that cemented my phobia. I'm not a criminal, either petty or felonious. My dad is military so I learned to be respectful but I just didn't fit in with the people in the little stuck up town I lived in and the police in the entire county were aggressive and bored. I live in a big city now and the cops don't pay any attention to me so it helps but I still stiffen up and the panic begins.
Does anyone else have this? I told someone else about it and they said "don't break the law. That's not helpful since I'm not and I'm still dealing with this debilitating fear.