Threats of violence

Early this week I was threatened in violence. I don't want to say too much about the specifics as although I no longer feel threatened, I certainly do not want to antagonise the situation. 

What I do want to say is that this was the first time I have been threatened directly with violence, and although I only felt under threat for a few hours, it gave me a very small taste of what this must feel like for those who are constantly under the threat, or worse the reality, of violence.

I don't really know if it was bravado or legitimate or drug induced, but there was no mistaking what was said. I did not want to leave the house. I was concerned for my kids.

I have no idea what it must be like for those who constantly live under this reality, but horrible, stifling and oppressive are words that come to mind.

I'm not sure what else to say other than I stand with and for those who are in this kind of reality.