I think not

I'm not usually one to believe in coincidences. I'm always the skeptic.

Well, I'm still the skeptic but I think it's possible to believe in coincidences at the same time.
How is that once something horrible, traumatizing, frightening happens to me, I see everyone for who they really are? I see that best friends can't keep your secrets. I see that friends really don't care about you. I see that people who I never really took for close friends are the most honest with me. I see that the people I think are good and respectable can be the scariest. I see that I really am a tiny person who can't defend herself physically or even mentally.

For the second time in my life, I'm terrified of people. The last time, I was almost kidnapped. The other day, some kids I didn't know tried to talk to me and I wanted to run for dear life. I'm worried that anyone could be watching me at all times, ready to pounce. I feel like I have to put on this strong face because that's who I am, when really I just want to let it all go and bawl my pretty little face off.

Is it a coincidence that the moment I start to trust everyone, this happens?
Is it a coincidence that I was feeling so completely understood and now I feel the exact opposite?
Is it a coincidence that the people I need the most just happen to be the people I see the least?