When were you the most scared by another human and why?

when my step dad ODed on some type of pill, but was in a zombie-like state. he couldn't speak English, just constant murmmuring and was destroying and ripping apart the house and attacking my mom and brother. I was locked in a bathroom, on the phone with the police and could hear him murmurring and smashing and my mom and older brother screaming. He eventually tried to enter the bathroom and slammed on the door multiple times until the lock broke and i was holding it closed with adrenaline fueled strength alone (god knows how, being I was 16, 5'4& 110 lbs and he being 6'2 and 250 lbs), but then got distracted by something and left the door alone. My mom escaped and luckily found a police officer on the street, I truly beleive he would have killed us had we not gotten help, especially if he got into the bathroom. I have nightmares and flashbacks to this day, seriously nothing gets rid of the horrified screams of your family. I now sleep beside a crowbar. for real.

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