Wow! That is horrible that happened to you. You are freaked by the least little thing now, which I completely understand. I can really relate to your situation.
When I was in high school, our house was robbed--twice by the same people. My cousin brove by and scared them off the first time, but the second time, my dad came home on them and they tried to kill him. Obviously, they went to jail and prison boy is still sending his check to the state to pay my parents back now...12 yrs later! But these were some sick people. They stole pics of me and my sister, did really disgusting things in our bathroom and went though even our underwear. How scary is that that these guys have our pic, know our family sent them to jail, and are out somewhere?
Freaked my mom out. She would always come home before dark if there was nobody at the house and would take a gun with her just to let the dogs out!
Anyway, long story short, I eventually got less and less afraid. It takes time. But I will tell you this. Yes I have an alarm system in my house, and when I am there alone at night, I have a Glock 40 waiting near by!
