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I was in a situation just like yours but where mistaken identity (brought about by people weaponizing someone else's appearance as a point of strawman mockery, which they forgot wasn't accurate to go by) led them away from doing anything drastic.
I was paranoid as I was robbed in that area before to which I froze, but the police were around then and arrested one of the suspects.
The paranoia part comes from thinking that they might have wanted revenge as I ID'd and provided a statement that allowed it to be prosecuted ( got a call from a prosecutor) for the robbery.
So the immediate thought was if it was payback, as they said nothing through the whole ordeal, but realistically, if it was they would have not run away so quickly or took advantage of my poor positioning.
The most rationale thinking in hindsight is that it was a bunch of meth-heads were looking for quick score and by me escalating they decided for a quick and dirty robbery instead.
That area where I used to work is dangerous and I know I got really lucky considering considering the type of incidents that do happen there
I was in a situation like that too, albeit a little different as it was me stopping a theft.
I understand that
It was years between the robbery ( headed back home after spending time with my then girlfriend) and the attempted assault ( work decided to have me work around that area) and I would always be uneasy but trying not to look like a too easy a mark again while thinking of "what if" scenarios as it feels like one's intution is on a fine tuned edge being alert for anything that seems suspicious.
I guess it could be described as practical fear
After the attack, I was insistent and since then do my utmost to keep as far away from that area as possible.
I will admit, I also felt apprehension like how you might have felt like when I started posting details