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Idk if this is SA.
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When I was 5, I started going to school and there was this boy in my class who always tried to hug, kiss me, and also grab me, mostly my arse. Once he tried to grab and kiss me again but I ran away from him so he ran after me and followed me but I hid until the bell rang.
I always told him to go away and to stop but he never did. Another time was when I was against a pole sitting down with my friends and he came up to me and put his legs either side of me and started thrusting in my face while he was standing, I pushed him away and told the teacher but he only rlly got a slap on the wrist.
He did this I think from when I was like 5/6 - 9, but I don't know if this counts as sexual assault since he didn't really do anything extreme like rape and never actually kissed me (BC I shoved him off me before he ever could). And we were both so young and maybe he didn't know any better. Plus if it was sexual assault then I probably should've hated him but I didn't.
I don't know the difference between sexual assault and sexual harrassment so I just like think that what he did wasn't that bad.
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hello.
As I started to respond to your post, I was unsure of what you might be looking for in that response. There is also your last comment about "like think that what he did wasn't that bad" - this can be what you think, it could also be viewed as WRONG. (Using capitals for emphasis and not shouting.) Parts sounded a little dismissive about not knowing any better or you not hating him.
When he (in your words) "started thrusting in my face while he was standing" to my mind is not something I would NOT consider appropriate behaviour for someone between 5-9yrs old. Where did he get this knowledge? I doubt it any of it was with your permission.
In that sense, I would be concerned about his behaviour towards you. What boundaries it cross is beyond my scope of knowledge.
(I would be concerned if it were my son or daughter is either position.)
Perhaps not a question you want to answer here ... how did you feel at the time?
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Hi,
Thank you for being so open here. We are all here to support you and help you work through this.
Sexual abuse is when someone uses sexual acts forcefully without consent. Sexual harassment is very similar, it is when somebody uses inappropriate sexual actions onto someone without consent.
It is your decision to base his behaviours on sexual abuse/harassment.
In my opinion, what he did was not consented to by you. You said that you constantly told him to go away but he didn't.
Stay safe and I am always here to chat.
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I felt really disgusted and tried to push him off and had to get my friends to get him away too. I told the teacher but she didn't really care that much, she just said for him to not do it again.
I also remember that the only times he would leave me alone is when I was aggressive and or really mean to him, I was also very angry around that time of age too and my friends didn't like it either. I'm not sure if me being angry and mean at him also contributed to my rudeness to others.
I also didn't like boys for a while during and after it, like when they got too close and or pissed me off the slightest. I would be more aggressive to them.
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Hi DaffyDuck,
I feel sad reading your posts here, because of how your attempts to get help resulted in your complaints being taken as seriously as they should have, so that both you & this boy could have recieved help. The behaviour from the boy is really unusal for a child his age, & I would have been so thoroughly disappointed in how the teacher responded. So then you & your friends were left to deal with him as you could. I'm so sorry you & your friends had to do that.
I'm not surprised you became aggressive, & didn't like boys or trust boys close to you. You had to protect yourself. These are a couple ways people protect themselves. When feeling threatened, you might respond with anger & lash out, or you might respond with wanting to flee, getting as far away as you need to feel safe.
I am supposing this boy, at least sometimes, was nice. Maybe you, at your young age, thought he could be friends with you? Like most kids, you had an open heart.
Maybe because you couldn't figure out whether or not he meant any harm to you, was a factor? I don't know. I think these are things to talk about with someone who understands more than I do.
Since you have ongoing thoughts & feelings, some confusion in your mind, I wonder if you have considered talking to someone, such as a counsellor or doctor about it, someone who could help clarify for you, what was going on.
Personally, I'm not sure how to define his behaviour. I am inclined to think he was acting out some behaviour he's seen, or had experienced from someone else, an older teenager or adult. I am aware kids can respond to having been interfered with, in this sort of way.
For how you feel about it, would my idea or any other reason change how you feel about those things he did? He did them, for whatever reason, & you have been effected.
If you are not already seeing someone, think about talking to your GP, who can help find someone you can talk with you about these things
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