I've never been afraid of the police, but then I've wanted to be a police officer since I was about 6 (although it won't be possible now >.<)
I've been detained by them more than once last year, and for quite a long time afterwards I was really on edge every time I saw a police car so I can understand the fears. And when I was in that awful state of mind and the police stopped me, I just completely panic - I think it's something to do with the lack of control over the situation at that time?
And as control freak said, they don't get adequate training in mental health so some people do have very very distressing experiences. And the police have difficulties in general in that area because they're the people on the 'frontline' I suppose - they're not trained mental health professionals but they have to make a decision as to whether you're suffering from a mental disorder based on what they see.
But however scared I have been, the police have been lovely to me on the experiences I've had with them - I had a police officer sit with me on the pavement and just talk to me about something that was going on, a police officer who phoned the Crisis Team for me sat and actually spoke all my answers out loud for while I whispered to him because I was scared of talking, and although they have restrained me before they have been very very gentle about doing it.
I know I've been very lucky because a lot of people have had terrible experiences with the police, but I just wanted to agree with control freak that they can be very very caring and understanding and a lot of them do genuinely want to help. x
I'm Terrified of the police i hate them hate them hate them the first time 'him' had hit me they put me in restraints *wrist and ankle cuffs* and locked me in the back of one of the cars even though i was the victim they didnt even cuff 'him' and the second time when he hurt me worse they cuffed me to a stretcher but as soon as the doors to the ambulance closed the emt took them off of me even though the cop said not to.
i like emt's alot they r the only ones who care
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Not to the point of a phobia, but I get really anxious about getting in trouble, and I fear that my anxiety of getting in trouble will show and the police will think I'm guilty.
But these are flowers that fly and all but sing: And now from having ridden out desire They lie closed over in the wind and cling Where wheels have freshly sliced the April mire. Robert Frost, "Blue-Butterfly Day"
I won't lie i've generally not had much good experiences with the police even tho i've been involved with them a couple of times for my condition through sectioning and going awol. Most of them were heavyhanded with me even though i've only provoked it once as i've always been forcibly restrained, stripped, searched and so on by them despite not always being resistant to them and they hate me. They watch me and they keep tabs on me and tracked me on my old mobile. i am not scared of them but i dont completely trust them all. My opinion is that they probably treat you better if you're a girl than a guy. they have no tolerance for mentally ill guys most of the time.
I used to have a huge fear of police dogs though when I was younger. I always thought they would attack me or get me into trouble by barking at me or something..I'm not scared of them anymore though.
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I really dislike the police, I'm not afraid of them they just bring out my defensive side. I was restrained by the police, and felt they were quite heavy handed with me. I made them aware that handcuffs were a major trigger for me but they used them anyway, I had some nerve damage from how much I struggled. I felt the way they dealt with me after I reported something was totally useless, and very damaging to my mental health.
it depends im not afraid or my bf dad or my bf dads mates and their police
and their layed back people even on duty when i have had a running into them in the past
but any police officer i didnt know scared me when approached me
like panicky feeling
young girl its alright your tears will soon dry your soon be free to fly
she's falling from grace , she's all over the place..............
^ Similar here. A transport policewoman 'rescued' me and took me to an office when I found myself at Charing Cross underground station just as the marathon finished, several years ago [VERY bad planning on my part, I just hadn't realised!] and I couldn't handle the crowds at all - was standing in frozen panic by the stairs and a policeman alerted his female colleague to see if I was ok. She sat with me for a while in the office until things quietened down a bit, and talked with me a bit, then led me through to a less busy tube line for a different route. And I got home safely.
But male police, particularly, I have difficulties with seeing around. Partly because of my father saying that they've come to take me away every time he heard a siren, when I was a child. But also because when I went to a friend's flat to teach a yoga class once, it was a policeman standing guard because there had been a break-in and the whole situation added on more to my PTSD stuff.
Not to the point of a phobia, but I get really anxious about getting in trouble, and I fear that my anxiety of getting in trouble will show and the police will think I'm guilty.
Same for me, I panic half the time when I see one and kind of freeze up and stare at the ground while trying to walk by. Although rationally I know this probably makes me look weird and more noticeable than just walking past normally...
"Some people get by, with a little understanding. Some people get by, with a whole lot more."
*hugs* I can't tell you everything will be better because I don't know a lot about you. don't worry about the DSA thing though - I said I didn't have a laptop, even though I did at the time (it's now broken)..... a lot of people do it and the DSA people at my uni even told me to just apply for it... they won't come for you about that xx
I have a real terrible fear of police. When they used to come into work to buy food, I refused to serve them and panicked if I was forced. I'm convinced they are conspiring against me. Or that they know something... I'm mega paranoid about them.. but as well as being scared, I'm intrigued... Maybe meeting a police officer and talking to them may help. I don't know. But maybe you should consider telling someone who you talk to about your problems and maybe that is something you can look into overcoming..
I wish you the best!
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Can someone read though my posts here for the background please and then tell me if it's going to be ok?
If you're talking about the Anxiety about the prescription, don't worry, you're not in any trouble with the plods whatsoever. They won't contact them over stuff like that, it's a very minor/civil matter, I assure you.
I can relate a little at the moment. I've just had a terrible experience with the police and hospital security two days ago, though I'm not gonna get into it here, but my respect for the police has waned a little - I was even beginning to think of the police as all nasty little pigs, but my rational/sober side tells me there are some genuinely good ones (as well as some pigs) out there, still, even though it might not seem it. I was threatened with arrest for something I haven't done, so there's this anxiety inside of me, that I'm going to get arrested soon or something, which is not going to happen. Just have to keep thinking that.
If (and I hope you never) you ever get involved with the police for some reason, I pray the good ones get involved, and not the brutes, but it is completely luck of the draw. It's truly a profession with a mixed bag if there was ever one..
I'm not phobic of the police as such but I can become quite frightened around them. I think this is to do with fearing nobody would believe me about certain things and I was convinced the police were going to arrest me. It still gets to me now. x
Thanks for all your messages, it's really good to know I'm not alone. It's a real fear. I've never really had a run in with the police. Although, I have called them for something before.
I did do something I probably shouldn't have though. I basically wrote a white lie on a form for a uni assessment (DSA assessment) saying I didn't have a laptop when I had a broken one. I then had my face to face assessment and explained I had a broken laptop (so told the truth) and they gave me a desktop (and other equipment) but then the broken laptop got mended so I told the assessor and he said don't worry the equipment they bought for me is mine and to keep it (I asked if they wanted it back)
Sorry if that makes no sense. In short, I can see there might be a reason for me to feel I did wrong and fear the police but I can see that there must be a bigger picture.
If any of that makes any sense, please do reply as I'm not sure it does. Thanks for reading.
Sorry I keep posting but I just need to know it'll be ok. I applied for Disabled Students allowance) when I was at uni. On the forms I said I didn't have a computer because my laptop was broken and I had tried to fix it and it didn't work.
In the assessment meeting I said I had a broken laptop and explained why I said I didn't have one on the forms, assessor said ok and took that into account and agreed the purchase of a desktop (and other equipment but that's irreverent here)
A few months later my brother managed to fix the laptop, which I gave to him broken by using a new battery pack. I emailed the assessor asking if they wanted the desktop back, he said no as it was purchased for me.
Basically, I'm really anxious that the police will be coming after me because there was a discrepancy between what I said on the form and what I said in the meeting. It feels like I lied on the form even though I told the truth in the meeting.
