Today I was sitting in the car, my mother had gone inside for something. A bunch of men who live across the street from us were drinking outside. I was sitting in the passenger seat texting on my phone when the driver side car door opened and a huge 50+ year old man started to get in saying “we will just go for a short drive” I started hitting him and screaming for him to get out, once he closed the door I locked the car door. I could see from the passenger seat window his friends were all laughing at how scared I was. I opened my door to curse at them and tell them how horrible and shitty they were and how unsafe they made me feel, I seriously thought I was going to be kidnapped. Later they explained to my mother they were just joking around because they know her and are friends with her, mind you I am an adult and I’ve never met any of these men. Was there another way to go about this? I feel so scared to go outside out of fear of judgement and violence from strangers. How do I move past this? All I can think to do is use substances but I know that isn’t the coping mechanism that will really do long term help.