I had a gun held to my face last night

I was held up a gunpoint last night at work.  I'm going to see a counselor tomorrow but I don't know how I'm supposed to deal with it.   
 
Has anyone ever had some kind of traumatic experience?  What happened and how did you deal with it?

You shouda initiated the quick time event! 
 
Anywhoo sucks you had to go through with that. Fortunately I've never experienced anything I'd categorise as traumatising, so all I got for you is a wishing you well. X)

i was shot in the leg three years ago. drive-by shooting. wrong place, wrong time. 
 
hope you can cope duder. *brohug*

Damn, man. My roommate (white boy like me) recently had a gun pointed at his face, as well. The circumstances may have been slightly different, though. The girl was crazy and he was really drunk at the time. I would have pissed all over the place if it was me. I gotta ask, though, for my own selfish curiosity, how old are you?

I can teach you have to disarm a gun to get over it. It's definently possible and it might help you get over it at the very least. That's my advice, learn how to disarm guns and if they only want your money, you did the right thing by giving it to them.

Glad you're alright.

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I can teach you have to disarm one, oh wait, your a hater, i'm not going to help you. 

" @DrPockets000: Keep talking, I disarm guns throughout the year in my training and I can do it automatically from almost any angle. I have disarmed guns hundreds of times pointed at my face in training. I even am trained in 3rd party protection of others like a bodyguard. I wouldn't be surprised if axxol can do it too, I mean he's trained in the military. Maybe the only way you can get over that situation is to learn it yourself too. "

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I can teach you have to disarm one, oh wait, your a hater, i'm not going to help you. It's definently possible and it might help you get over it at the very least. That's my advice, learn how to disarm guns and if they only want your money, you did the right thing by giving it to them.

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" @DrPockets000:, I was offering to help you get over your fear, but over the years, you treated me like crap and pretended you were better than me in terms of relationships advice so good luck with your therapy. "

There's no way he's serious.

That's really harsh man, I'm sorry to hear that. I can't say I'd be able to understand your situation, because I have no clue how I'd react myself, but it would definitely be traumatizing. The only advice I can really offer is kind of cheesy: Find the silver lining with the trauma and just try to appreciate life all that much more.

Glad you're alive dude,get a gun,level the playing field for the future man...i know it might seem crazy,but we live in a crazy world,obviously.

I've had a gun pointed at my face back when I was 14. 
I was down at the gas station close to where I lived at the time, buying cigarets and a coke when some guy decided to rob the gas station while I was in there. 
My and the girl behind the counter were the only people in there when he came in and he came from behind and threw me to the ground and then pointed his gun at men while odering the girl to give him all the money they had. He got the money and left again right after that. So I had to sit around and wait for the police to show up so I could describe how the guy looked under the ski mask. 
 
Yeah, the police thing I have see-through-fabric vision. 

@hitmanagent47: The standard human reaction time is 215ms. That is 0.215 sec and NOT 1 sec. Gambling your life trying to be cool in a back allay is NOT adviceable.

Glad you are safe.Must've sucked. 
Next time, bring a shotgun to work, drill a hole in your desk, and position it so that when you pull the trigger, the guy's balls decorate the room. 

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I can teach you have to disarm one, oh wait, your a hater, i'm not going to help you. It's definently possible and it might help you get over it at the very least. That's my advice, learn how to disarm guns and if they only want your money, you did the right thing by giving it to them.

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"@HitmanAgent47: It's thinking like that that get's people shot. For your own god damned safety don't do that. Fuck, even if you think you could disarm him, consider the risk to reward ratio for one damn second.  "

" @Axxol: you know how to disarm guns too right? I use metal guns but we can't load them with stuff but we can still fire it at least. No one uses rubber guns these days because it doesn't feel like a real gun. However sure you don't see it comming is assassinations. You see it comming because they are demanding something from you, whether for money, information or to take you to another place before they even consider killing you. At this point, you have a chance if you know what to do because most ppl takes a full second and a half, meaning you have just enough time to do a technique if it's good. If you think training doesn't help ppl, then they really shouldn't train at all in militaries to disarm by your logic. "

" @HitmanAgent47: *you're  Sorry but I'm trying to change the world. "

" @Eric_Buck said:

" @HitmanAgent47: *you're  Sorry but I'm trying to change the world. "

Not sure about changing the world, but we could change the forum for the better if we got rid of him. "

" I've had a gun pointed at my face back when I was 14. I was down at the gas station close to where I lived at the time, buying cigarets and a coke when some guy decided to rob the gas station while I was in there. My and the girl behind the counter were the only people in there when he came in and he came from behind and threw me to the ground and then pointed his gun at men while odering the girl to give him all the money they had. He got the money and left again right after that. So I had to sit around and wait for the police to show up so I could describe how the guy looked under the ski mask.  Yeah, the police thing I have see-through-fabric vision.  "

"  I'm glad you're safe! "