Encountering a potential enemy

[Alexandoy]

What I mean by potential enemy is not actually an enemy but someone that you fear for a reason. It can be a teacher or a debtor or maybe a cop who accosts you for a probable traffic violation. This happened to me in the nearby city when my car was about to cross the intersection but the pedestrians blocked my way so I was caught by the red light atop the pedestrian lane. I actually had no violation but the cop accosted me and asked for my license. I didn't have the courage to argue so I kept my silence. I admit that I was pretty scared and probably trembling. It's fortunate that the cop was kind and he let me go when he noticed that I was not feeling okay. But what about next time when that incident is repeated? I hope I can handle the situation better. 

 

[Alex]

I think what you mean is that you are more wary of people who may have control over you, such as a boss, police, or security guards at a building. I don't see it as a need to be fearful (unless you have done something wrong) but more that they have some power over you when you least expect it.

Perhaps this is from you experience of losing your job? Police and security are there to prevent incidents and to maintain order, not to catch people out, although some will do that because they abuse their position. If you have done nothing wrong, then you have nothing to fear.

 

[fuzyon]

A while ago I decided to leave my best friends due to various reasons (depression, we weren't on the same wavelength anymore and so on), whenever I'm in the neighborhood they live in I'm very alert in case I would get in contact with them. I don't really see them as enemies but I'm just trying to evade a potential awkward situation since we didn't really end things on good terms.