I also posted this in trauma subreddit. (is that ok? It's applicable to both - and more..) I just looked for this one and am grateful to you for reading what you're about to. I also want to preface by saying I don't actually use the term half blind. I just say I'm blind in one eye.

I was kidnapped, assaulted, and left for dead. Yup, this did happen to me - December 26th, 2009. It just dawned on me today that reddit could be a great place to share my story. This is not something I have shared on any public forum, nor am I an experienced redditor, so excuse me for any lack of form.


I used to babysit for a friend - yup, it was a friend that did this. She found a bruise on her kid which she concluded came from being in my care. Her way of confronting me about this was with a switchblade, and her buddy & his gun.

I got tricked to get in her car, not realizing her buddy was in there. (this was her second vehicle, dark tinted windows helped me not realize.) Once in, a gun is in my face, and we're on the road. He's pointing the gun, telling me to shut up or else, while she is driving, trying to get me to admit to mistreating / abusing her kid. (At the time, I had no idea what she thought, I was clueless. As I've implied, I did not mistreat the kid ever. Also her questions were vague and didn't indicate what she was accusing me of.)

Obviously this was a pretty f'd up situation. The most f'd up, for me. They drove to a warehouse conveniently owned by dude's dad, and I was ordered to follow him. We went inside, to the third floor - which had great city views on any other day.

He told me to get on my knees. He had his gun, but what he did was, he kneed me on the side of my head. And they left. This shattered my skull and knocked me out cold.

I woke up about 14 hours later. This is the Sunday after Christmas in an industrial area. There was no one around. I, bloodied and in shock, eventually made my way outside and walked, about half a mile, to the police station. They got me to the hospital.

Hospitalized about 12 days. Epidural hematoma, brain contusion. I had a few brain surgeries. Pieces of my skull were logged in my brain. He destroyed my optic nerve on one side, which has left my permanently and completely blind in my left eye. Luckily that eye didn't work too well in the first place!


I know I've left out some important parts but I'll just have to edit those in. There is a lot more to it and I anticipate you may have questions, which I will happily answer. Sharing my story is important and thus here it is. Thanks for reading.