About a month ago one of my friends had their home broken into. Luckily they were not home and only electronics were taken. The burglars did leave a big mess. Now they are left with the clean up but the bigger mess is they are now missing that feeling of safety in their own home.
I have to admit I have such a strong sense of safety in my own home. I know all of it's little creaks and sounds. Whenever I close the door behind me I just feel like I am in a safe place. I cannot imagine having that taken away from me. Having a stranger go through my belongings gives me the creeps.
I have been thinking a lot about this safe feeling. I remember as a kid I always felt safe wherever my parents were. Didn't matter where we were, just as long as they were there. Even after having a bad dream I knew they were just down the hall. I would pull my sheet over my head and disappear under its safeness and fall back to sleep.
What do you do after your one safe place is disrupted? How do you sleep? How do you get that strangeness out of the house?
I may just put my sheet over my head and remain in my little safe cocoon.
2 comments:
There is a creepiness about having a stranger invade your home, or even your car. That feeling is much wore than losing personal property. I guess only time will help restore your feeling of safety and security.
It's that loss of trust that is so hard to regain.
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