Sexual harassment at work

[willhealeventually]

I can’t believe it... at my new job, a young man has been flirting with me. I am nearly 50 and have ptsd due to sexual/physical abuse.
My boss noticed the flirtation and I told he it felt uncomfortable. She left for a bit and came back, letting me know that she spoke to someone about and that I am not the only one who had this happen with this guy.
You have no idea everything this kicked up for me - the trigger was unbelievable. It lasted two days now. Feeling ashamed, like it was my fault, etc.
This happened to me before - a person with authority made unwanted advances. In the past I had no idea I had ptsd, or why I minimized the issues when they came up. I had no idea I was dissociating.
The feelings around being at the receiving end of unwanted advances are very complicated for me. I hate this. Like everything just gets set on fire inside me and I forget all my ptsd techniques...

 

[Mach123]

Sadly, I understand all too well. Sadly again, it's not as straightforward for me as you said but, just about any unwanted approach, of any kind, does this exact same thing to me. I have the same feelings and I ruminate the same way. I have a whole collection. Some go back to childhood.

I hope you feel better and he leaves you alone or you get a satisfactory outcome at work. It'll fade in time. I found over the years the next one would push out the current one eventually.

 

[Friday]

I’m a little confused... was he flirting with you or sexually harassing you?