- Date posted
- 22w
Jury duty
Today I was selected for jury duty and I am a bit worried. This may be more anxiety/trauma related but I am definitely ruminating and coming up with scary scenarios. I am worried that the questioning process will be triggering. (To clarify I was just selected for the “screening” I believe it’s called, not the actual trial). I was considering telling them I have some sort of bias due to my traumas because I am worried about being triggered but at the same time I feel like I could be objective. I feel like this could be a good opportunity to possibly help bring justice to someone and I trust myself enough to not allow my bias to sway my opinions (I think and hope?) I saw someone on Reddit say during the selection process they had to listen to testimonies of people describing drug addiction, SA, DV etc. I am worried about that and about being asked about crimes that have been committed against me and the people close to me. I cannot lie and say there are no crimes but also I cannot reveal details of specific crimes. I am also worried others stories will be potentially triggering. I also fear the case itself could be triggering. I always had thought I’d be cool to be apart of a murder trial but on Reddit people were saying they had to repeatedly be showing videos of the murder and that changed my perspective. It could be something as simple as a traffic violation but it also could be something potentially very horrifying/triggering. Anyways, I am just wondering if anyone else has gone through jury duty and what experiences you’ve had? Also just any general opinions. I haven’t given too much thought to this topic before this. I wonder if this experience could be empowering as I’ve always wanted to be apart of a greater cause but I am not sure if it’s worth the potential emotional exasperation. I also don’t even know if I could actually get out of it lol