So for context: I've always been scared of dogs. I got bit a lot as a kid by chihuahuas, tackled by a very large dog at some point, the barking is terrifying, just overall have had a fear of them for a very long time. I had been working on it up until this point.

My neighbors have three pitbulls. They let the dogs outside without leashes in the courtyard area between the apartment buildings. Up until this point, all they'd done was come up to sniff people.

But back in February, I was quickly walking past the courtyard because I was late for something and had forgotten a folder. It was in the evening and dark, and two of the pitbulls came up to me and one of them grabbed onto my arm. I was lucky I had a large puffy jacket on or I would've had to go to the hospital for the bleeding.

I don't know if the dogs are trained now or what, but I'm still terrified of them and my fear of dogs has gotten worse since then. I don't really know what I'm accomplishing by posting this but I guess I just wanted to vent this out in a community that won't shame me for it or for being more scared of dogs than before. This is NOT to say all dogs are bad or anything of the sort, I've just had bad experiences and this made everything worse.