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Exactly a week ago, I experienced a home invasion. The intruder ended up being a male living in the building and was so high/drunk that he believed he was getting into his home and instead broke into my apartment. I awoke to banging on the door, the guy had lost his keys and decided he was going to break his door to get in. When i opened the door, there was this guy stating that he owned everything in my apartment and that i should get out and then he barged his way in and started walking around. I ran for my cell phone and called 911 the whole time the guys yelling at me "this isn't your place, I don't care if you call the police I'm not going anywhere". The intruder at that point went into my bed room while i was on the phone with 911 and for what ever reason zoned out and started fussing with his cell phone. It took the police about 10-15 mins to get here and get the guy out of my room. Finally they took him away and it seems that was that. However, I've been a mess since this happened. I had to take this past week off work because of the anxiety I feel. I didn't get out of bed or shower for 3 days. And only just now having the strength to talk about it. I feel very angry and nervous. But most of all I feel embarrassed that I needed to take this amount of time to get back on my feet. Is this normal. I did go see doctor a few days after the incident and they told me to take up to a month off work. What is the appropriate amount of time to get over a home invasion anxiety?
