Morning all, so last week I attended court as a witness to and assault “mine” this is the first time it has gotten this far as I usually get a letter a couple of days before or a text the day before saying adjourned. This is the 8th adjournment over 2 years now and I honestly don’t think I can go through through the process of attending court again.The only other witness who was there with me has taken early retirement as he says he’s done with the place also one other witness who was due to attend has emigrated to Australia. We were talking in the witness room and he says he doesn’t even know why we were both called as he said he was out of the room at the time injured and I was unconscious, just to let you know there were 13 staff members at the incident 4 took part and the other nine looked on, 3 of which were senior managers and didn’t assist a total of 4 staff attended A&E that day. Now the stress and anxiety about attending court wipes me out, I was diagnosed with PTSD partial hearing loss, then one year on RRMS and lumbar spondylosis. My mobility is greatly effected and my speech has hesitancy and is slurred,if you didn’t know me you would think I was drunk. Any help …would you still attend or try and get out of attending, the only reason I wanted to attend was I can’t remember what he looks like, so any strangers I see I think It
might be him,I know it’s daft and have been told it’s a PTSD thing any help or advice gratefully received
Rocenante
I’m sorry that you have had to go through this ordeal; do you have access to counselling of any kind? Make sure your counsel/solicitor know about your condition and how it affects you, they can/should take this into account.
Are there any victim support groups in your area?
Hi Theresa, Back at court this coming Monday letter of conscious sent but to no avail. To be fair I think I need to know what this person looks like as I’ve been diagnosed with PTSD so I don’t do well with strangers or new places and definitely not anywhere by myself(my son’s attending court with me). So If I know what he looks like hopefully that’ll stop the panic attacks. Start new CBT the day after the court date if it goes ahead 8 times it been adjourned.