Re: Question for you guys...
My Dad was this way. Thankfully I've never been through any rough experiences like prison that have scarred me. But I still can't face a wall in a restaurant. Don't necessarily have to face the door, but just can't face a wall.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. - Teddy Roosevelt