Non-protesters and Bangkok residents caught up in the May skirmishes between red-shirt demonstrators and government troops, remain under stress and panic even though the political violence has ended.
"I cannot sleep well as I still remember and worry about the night I was shot in the leg,"said 40-year-old Chaluay Sainak, who lives in Soi Mor Leng community in Ratchathewi district.
According to the Department of Mental Health- which visits 44 communities in Bangkok to rehabilitate people with mental health problems - Chaluay was among four casualties in Sor Mor Leng community accidentally affected by nearby skirmishes.
Dr Mathurada Suwanphon, a mental health expert, said all continued to suffer from emotional disorder and stress. About 10 percent in this community cannot sleep well at night and panic when they have flashbacks about the violence.
Chaluay said skirmishes between government troops and red-shirt protesters had taken place near Soi Mor Leng community during May 14 and 15.
On May 15, she was shot in the leg while in the second floor of her home. She said the bullet came from an unidentified source and pierced the roof before hitting her leg.
At the time, Chaluay had been praying to Buddha and begging for peace and a stop to the violence so her life could return to normal. As she completed her prayers, bullets started to hit the roof.
"I was shot while crawling on my knees from the mosquito net," she said.
She said her husband called the hospital to send an ambulance to pick her up, but medical staff refused as the situation around her home was too dangerous.
Her husband then put her on a motorcycle and took her to nearby Praram 9 hospital.
"I was really afraid of being shot again while we were riding to hospital as everything surrounding us was so quiet. There was only us on the road," she said
Chaluay is a street fruit vendor who earns around Bt 1,000 to Bt 2,000 a day. But after the demonstration broke out around Rajprasong Intersection area, she had to suspend her small business for two months.
After being shot, she could not go outside her community to sell fruit on the street. So at present, she has no money to spend for her living and family.
She said she has to borrow Bt 20,000 from a creditor to start her new life, hoping with this money her family can lift its financial status.
A 70-year-old woman neighbour, Plod Yeekhu, was also caught up tragically in the political unrest.
She said her 74-year-old husband, who suffered from ischemic stroke and needed medical equipment to clear his throat, had died because there was no power to drive the machine. A government agency had cut the supply while fighting to save a burning bank nearby.
"There was not enough power supply to run the machine that protected my husband's life," she said.
She said doctors had made an appointment with her husband on May 19 but she could not take her husband there. She tried to call to Phramongkutklao Hospital for assistance but was turned away. "The medical staff refused and laughed at me," she said.
Her husband died on May 24 from the ischemic stroke and infection in the lung.
"My husband was a very old man. He was ready to go," she said.