Childhood Was This Normal?

[BlueOrange]

I don't remember them asking. What I don't know is how I got the information for the pics or the id...

So that doesn't sound SAFE to me, it sounds like a pretty immature decision. A level of immaturity that seems to fit 'ten year old' pretty well.

Someone in the group of girls or boys probably knew what a stripper was. I found out about women taking off their clothes to entertain men at age 7. (It made no sense to me at the time.)

So, yeah, as a parent, I would shut that down. But I would avoid blaming kids for acting on a half-formed understanding of 'what grownups do'. Kids do that.

 

[Gs172003]

And I think that shows an understanding of boys. One you start looking at girls and having erections...

I know I wasn't being abused at that time. My question is where the hell did I come up with it to begin with?

Hell I had a "boyfriend" in kindergarten.

 

[XXbabydollXX]

When I think it was the age of 10, I used to draw pictures of nude women for the boys across the st...

It depends on your motivation. Have you ever been sexually abused as a child?

 

[PointlessExistence]

I'm sorry if my post was construed as judgmental. That is a misinterpretation. I pointed out that sexual arousal was a whole different story from just wanting friends, but I was not judging that sexual arousal. Sexual arousal could be natural and pure or it could stem from a bad place, but either way it would not be the child's fault.

 

[Gs172003]

I don't know my motivation. From what I remember I just knew they would want them. Like a present.

 

[Gs172003]

I feel dumb now. Seriously

 

[PointlessExistence]

Missy, no one is calling you dumb. Maybe the pictures meant something; maybe they didn't. Maybe one of your PTSD symptoms is posting whatever comes to mind to get some feedback when you're feeling lonely or bleh. So what? No one is judging. Be happy!

 

[Gs172003]

Missy, no one is calling you dumb. Maybe the pictures meant something; maybe they didn't. Ma...

It's nobody's fault. I just do.

 

[Gs172003]

And most of the time it's other people's posts that make me think to post stuff like this since I have so many blanks in my life. It has nothing to do with being lonely. I'm just looking for answers.

 

[BlueOrange]

Answers will probably be hard to find. What benefit would you get from having an answer?

 

[2Beachboxer]

And now I'm thoroughly embarrassed.

I hope you would get past that. I am new here and am hoping once I'm here a while to explore some of those things myself. (hugs)
I'd like to Thank You for being so brave

 

[Gs172003]

I hope you would get past that. I am new here and am hoping once I'm here a while to explore some o...

Thank you. I hope you find the answers you are looking for. This is a very good group of people here