Possible Trauma Triggers I don’t know how long I had been chained to that bed, but it took less than thirty seconds after I came to the first time to understand what this man’s plans were for me. Then it took less than five minutes for him to confirm it with actions. So three days later, when he left the chains unlocked, I didn’t waste any time, and I made a run for it. I didn’t get far. Maybe if we hadn’t been in the middle of nowhere, I may have had a better chance. But when I made it to the outside of what turned out to be a log cabin surrounded by woods, I didn’t know what to do next. I don’t know if it was my hesitation that made it easy for him to find me. But I suspect that it was something else. I may not have gotten far into the woods after I had gotten over the shock of where I

