[Rive1976]

If a 8 year old girl exposed herself to another 8 year old girl would that automatically make her feel really anxious and upset? Like it was bad?

[PumpkinPieHead]

My goodness. Um...yeah?

[Rive1976]

Well I am asking in response to me. I was the 8 year old she flashed. I am wondering what the normal reaction would be?

[starfruit504]

Actually I don't think there is a "normal" or "abnormal" reaction for an 8-year-old to have. I mean, it's a strange thing to have happen to you. Not every 8-year-old experiences something like that. I imagine most kids would just freeze, not knowing what to do. And why would you know how to react? It's such a bizarre occurrence.

The only thing you could think is, "Is this real?" Later on you may wonder, "Doesn't she know that's not a socially acceptable thing to do?"

On the other hand, the shock of it could upset you and make you cry or feel anxious about being around that girl.

But it doesn't have to be upsetting. Does that make sense? You can have any range of reactions to such a strange experience, there's no wrong reaction to have.

You may want to give us a little more context on this because that could change the reaction an 8-year-old could have. For example, if this girl was a bully and she flashed you, it could feel very different for you than if the girl was just a friend.

[Rive1976]

Well I had already been having sexual relations with other children my age at 7. It was just what I did. I had been made fun of it by other children. Then at 8 on the playground this girl same age pulled her panties to the side and said hey look. I felt guilty bad and very anxious.
Then when I turned 11 i started having real bad sexual thoughts.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by Dnester

If a 8 year old girl exposed herself to another 8 year old girl would that automatically make her feel really anxious and upset? Like it was bad?

first it depends on the situation.

8 year old siblings who share the same room, bath together?

two 8 year olds having a slumber party and the party was playing truth or dare or whistle stop or spin the bottle?

two 8 year olds participating in the same sports activity and must change from their gym clothes and shower....

see what I mean it all depends on the situation.

it also depends upon what each childs religion or cutlural background is...

example in my culture it is normal for 8 year olds to undress in front of each other, it is also normal for 8 year olds in my culture to play show me yours and Ill show you mine exploration .....

my suggestion is if this happened to you to contact your medical doctor or therapist and they will tell you if there was something wrong with you and another 8 year old undressing in front of each other based on what the circumstances involved were.

if this happened to two children that you know then contact their parents and let their parents take it from there based on their own beliefs and rules and laws.

in other words no one here can tell you for sure whether something was wrong with a situation of 2 girls exposing their self to each other. I would be answering based on my own situation, culture and personal beliefs and others would be answering from theirs. the only ones that can answer directly from the point of view of the two girls is the girls involved and their own medical doctors, laws and such where they are.

[Rive1976]

So this girl was just a classmate but i dont know why i freaked out about it. I was already anxious about sexual stuff so it just made my anxiety over the roof.