Flora Socratous is struggling with the long-term trauma of a daylight home invasion in Windsor, Victoria, which she captured on her phone camera.
According to the Herald Sun, since confronting an intruder in her kitchen in January 2025, she has been diagnosed with PTSD, suffers from panic attacks, anxiety, and flashbacks, and no longer feels safe in her own home.
“I feel invaded. My place doesn’t feel like a safe place anymore. I live in fear, which is not right,” she told the Herald Sun.
She described her constant distress, explaining: “I see him when I wake up. I do see him in my kitchen or I get crept out. I get up at the slightest noise.”
Furious over the justice system’s handling of criminals, she criticised lenient sentencing: “Do the crime, do the time. It’s a revolving door for these criminals… His ordeal will be over in a few months, whereas I have to live with the effects…”
To cope, Ms Socratous has installed security cameras and alarms but remains fearful. “I still live in fear… fear he will be back, fear I might not be as lucky next time.”
Source: Herald Sun
