Tactile defensive or abused?!


Question:

Tactile defensive or abused?

I work as a lifeguard in a day camp, and in one shift when I have pre-school and giving instruction, all the kids are in the water besides one. At first I thought he was scared of the water, but now I am starting to realize that he seems very distrustful of adults, if anyone goes near him he will back away. I wanted to see how he would react so I put my hand abosve his knee and he freaked out. I was talking to another life-guard who is a psych major and says he looks like he could be abused. But my other friend said he could be tactile defensive and overly sensitive to touch. Could it be abuse, and what should I do, since I am not in the position to do anything, but do not want to stand back if a child is being violated.


Answers:

I do not know about the child in question, but I am the same way. I just do not want to be touched. I still have a hard time with folks getting too close to me, I'm 45 years old now. I was abused very early on, and very often. I think you should try to discretely get help for this child. It may not be abuse, but it never hurts to be certain.

I just wish people had been so concerned about it when I was a child. Maybe I would not be "damaged goods" now, if someone had intervened for me.

Madformac, that's why I wanted to hurt myself, and why I take anti-depressants now. I was not attacking you earlier.




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