Stabbings, Assault and Trauma —

I Need To Release A Lot Now

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This blog post is about what I need to release, but I was delayed in writing it by two separate incidents in my street within a few feet of my front door. The first incident occurred during the 30 minutes we’d been out of the house all evening picking up fish and chips for dinner. Yes it was delicious, thanks for asking. The police asked if we’d seen anything which we hadn’t, but we do have outdoor cameras.

It appears my neighbour two doors down (who already wears a monitoring ankle bracelet) got into an argument with his girlfriend. As she tried to walk away he ran after her kicking her in the knee and knocking her to the ground. What a nice guy to be living near to. He’s been taken away by police but i doubt he’ll be gone long.

Then, while my husband was still extracting the video footage from the first incident I heard shouting from outside. The man was shouting he was going to die. It transpired that the man had stabbed himself in the leg, for what reason I do not know. Cue the police and a passerby trying to patch him up, his girlfriend nearby in shock, and him sobbing as he apologised to her and then called his dad begging him to come to the scene.

I have lived in my home for more than ten years and not had one incident like this before let alone two! Releasing…