Sorry for sharing? Are you kidding? At least you're here to tap the keys.
I've had to drive and walk through dozens of picket lines and watch negotiation sessions break down into fistfights on a regular basis (usually Teamsters
) for the last three decades or so. Being the employers' negotiator...I am usually the target for all manner of sh!t (I'm damn good a ducking flying folding chairs). I've driven into dark labor camps or bad streets at all hours of the night to contact witnesses. I am scared sh!tless on a regular phuking basis.
That's what it is...nothing more, nothing less. You get throught it any damn way you can...and you did. And you get the benefit of an added notch of experience that you get to learn from...that is gold.