Hi , almost the exact same thing happened to me a year and a half ago , except it was in the daytime . I was at home studying on the sofa when I heard noises upstairs . It was a rubbish house so I thought it was just the pipes clacking . Kept hearing noises and decided to get up to have a look , make sure nothing was broken . Well , there was a man in my upstairs bathroom . He saw me and immediately scarpered back out the window and joined two others in the back garden and they ran off . Me , I was still just standing there , frozen . I didn ' t do a damn thing to protect myself , just stood there in shock . I called the police , they brought in dog unit and all , ultimately they couldn ' t find them and as they stole nothing there was no point in pursuing it . But I was very , very jumpy for a while afterwards . As a student I was at home studying a lot but I refused to watch TV or listen to music while at home on my own . I moved house to a semi detached and every time next door walked about I got terrified . And I think that ' s normal . It ' s normal to be a bit jumpy when something like this happens . However . Remember that whoever might be trying to burgle your house wants even less to encounter you than you do them . The likelihood is that they were looking for easy pickings , which they now know your house isn ' t , and anyway they do not want anything to escalate because then they have really messed up their lives . They have a vested interest in getting away from you . My plan , if it ever happens again , is to tell the intruder just to leave and I will not call the police . This is pretty much what the police recommended to me anyway . I hope things go OK for you . Likelihood is it won ' t happen again . But you still may be nervous for a while that ' s normal . If it doesn ' t go away don ' t be scared of seeking therapy . Sometimes there are victim support groups for people who have experienced crime too which could help . Good luck .