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Question About My 5yo Girl

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My daughter hasn't been her happy self lately & today I saw her making two teddies fondle each other.... am I totally over reacting? I feel sick thinking that someone could hurt my darling girl! It's 3am in the morning & I just want to wrap her up in my arms & tell her mummy is here
 
I am glad you are noticing and care so much about your daughter... There may be another explanations - like listening to people talking about it, seeing something on TV or maybe watching animals - our cat does that kind of stuff with teddy bears, which is kind of disturbing, so you can hope it is not the worst case scenario...

However, I would recomend you to talk to your daughter about secrets, tell her you love her and that you will always love her and that she can trust you, that you are here for her. Have you noticed any other changes in her behaviour? If you are worried about certain person, try to ask her how she feels about this particular person... Ask her if she is afraid of someone, if she doesn´t like somebody...

Silence doesn´t mean it´s ok! Make sure she gives you an answer... Sometimes children don´t talk, when somebody asked me, I said "no" or didn´t say anything at all, which meant "yes" - but nobody noticed, everyone assumed it meant "no", no one really thought about the possibility I was abused, they just asked me during a conversation about another topic and I was too shocked and scared to say yes... It took me many years to be able to start talking. Just let her know she can tell you anything, that you are here for her.

I hope with all my heart it will be ok, but please, remember no matter what happened, you love your daughter and are supporting her, which is the most important thing. Wish you strength.
 
My daughter hasn't been her happy self lately & today I saw her making two teddies fondle each other..
Have you seen her behave in this way before? Has anyone else expressed concerns?
 
Thank you. I have tried talking to her & she only has said her 6yo cousin hurts her by pinching punching kicking etc (which isn't one sided I must add!) but we've spent quite a bit of time with her cousins (2 boys aged 8yo & 6yo) The 8yo is way too engrossed in minecraft games to even notice people are around him.
I will continue to let her know she can tell me anything. I have always told my kids about their private area & that no one NO ONE is allowed to touch.
& now I think about it, we've been given two male bunnies not long ago who go nuts humping each other... & she could have seen it on tv as well as she's obsessed with Vampire Diaries (bad I know, which I'm not letting her watch but she's caught a few episodes & now her barbie & ken are Elena & Damon)
I think I'm pretty much answering my own question!!
When you have vague memories of it happening to you & how even just maybe being abused can change you growing up.
My daughter is 5yo Elu
 
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