Oh, I can validate this!

My trauma occurred in May 2003, less than a year after the DC sniper spree, and the anniversary-type news of the spree occurred five months after my trauma and added to my anxiety in spades. The snipers were no longer out there, but remembering the previous year's anxiety now on top of fresh PTSD was difficult.

At the time, I lived in Howard County, Maryland, and my dd did extracurricular activities in Montgomery County, about 4 miles from most of the Maryland shootings.

The anniversary was putrid icing on a very spoiled cake.

FLF

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