| If you have been assaulted or have successfully | | | | your rights to hold of till the next day. At the |
| defended yourself against an assault there will | | | | very least you can insist to have a lawyer beside |
| always be consequences of some description that | | | | you while you are giving your statement. |
| you will have deal with. Violent encounters are | | | | Police being police will usually try and push for a |
| rarely simple affairs that you can just walk away | | | | quick conclusion to events and they will try |
| from as if nothing has happened. Let's take a look | | | | various tactics to make this happen, including |
| at the possible consequences of violence that you | | | | leaving you alone for long periods of time, |
| may have to deal with. | | | | perhaps holding you in a cell and they may even |
| Post-Assault Adrenaline | | | | tell you that you are going to go to prison for |
| After a violent encounter you will most likely find | | | | what you have done. Under such pressure it is |
| yourself suffering from what is known as | | | | very easy to tell them what they want to hear |
| adrenal-induced Tachypsychia. Symptoms of this | | | | just so you can get out of there and get home. |
| condition include time distortion, time loss, | | | | So be very clear on your rights and insist that |
| memory distortion and memory loss. You may | | | | you see a lawyer before making any statements. |
| also find yourself shaking and you will feel very | | | | Revenge Attacks |
| wired as the adrenalin courses through you. In | | | | Even if you do manage to subdue an attacker |
| part this is also due to your mind producing fear | | | | there is always the chance that that person will |
| and dread over the consequences of what | | | | exact their revenge at a later date. If they don't |
| happened. Just accept that you can handle | | | | do the deed themselves then they will pay |
| whatever consequences come at you and move | | | | someone else to do it for them. I know of a few |
| on. Don't let slow release adrenaline eat you up. | | | | cases were this has happened, were people have |
| Get rid of it by going running or hitting a bag, | | | | been walking home one night and they have been |
| anything that will release it and stop it from | | | | blind-sided by a waiting attacker. Quite often there |
| building up in your system. | | | | are weapons involved in these kinds of revenge |
| Having To Deal With The Law | | | | attacks. Baseball bats are a particularly common |
| It is highly likely, as we have already discussed, | | | | weapon of choice for such attacks because they |
| that you will have to deal with the law afterwards | | | | do plenty of damage pretty quickly and they are |
| and if you do you will most likely have to give a | | | | guaranteed to teach someone a lesson. So be |
| statement about what happened. You must be | | | | aware that you could spend quite a while looking |
| very careful here though because the | | | | over your shoulder after an attack, wondering |
| Tachypsychia described above also leads to the | | | | when (if at all) the revenge is going to come. |
| innate urge to talk and blabber, if only to explain | | | | Like I have already said, the best thing you can |
| your actions. The problem with this is that it | | | | do is accept whatever consequences there are |
| makes it hard to give an objective statement to | | | | and also accept that you can deal with whatever |
| the police. Your statement will most likely be | | | | comes your way. There is no point in living in fear |
| inaccurate because of this which won't do you | | | | and letting slow release adrenaline poison your |
| any favours when you have to stand up in court | | | | system. |
| six months down the line and defend your actions. | | | | Just remember that you can handle anything if |
| If you don't feel like you can make an accurate | | | | you convince yourself of this fact, even revenge |
| statement so soon after then you are well within | | | | attacks. |