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Contains abuse - Is this counted?
I have this extremely vague memory, which honestly speaking, I don't know whether to believe any of it or not. I have quite a number of memory gaps ( I don't remember everything that happened ) for this particular incident so I'll indicate them with " *memory gap* ".
Anyway, what I remember was that I was 8 years old at that point of time, and happened to be with my mom at the mall. We entered this store which sold skirts in those cart-like things ( I'm sorry, but I'm not exactly sure what they're called ). My mom picked out a skirt for me and being someone who doesn't have the habit of picking out my own clothes, I just simply stood by her side. *memory gap* A while later, I overheard one of the sales ladies having a conversation with another woman who was also a customer at the store. The woman wanted to get a skirt for her daughter but since her daughter wasn't there with her, she was unsure of what size to get. I then heard the woman proceed to tell the sales lady that her daughter was of the same size as I was. *memory gap* The next thing I know, both of them held the skirt against my bottom without seeking my consent. I had been listening to their conversation facing away from them but didn't expect that to happen. They then did a "petting" motion (similar to the way that you'd pet a cat ) on my bottom and I obviously instantly felt weird and disgusted. I wondered why these total strangers were doing that, without asking me or my mom. I was ashamed because I felt guilty for not moving away, stopping them or telling someone immediately. Instead, I decided to stay quiet as I was afraid that my mom would argue with them. However, my mom happened to turn around soon after and realized what was happening. *memory gap* What I know, or at least remember, is that she called up the police. *memory gap* The police arrived after god knows how long and supposedly spoke to my mom and the two strangers ( I don't really know, *memory gap* here ) I don't remember the next string of events but can only recall them asking me " How old are you? " and that's when I answered "8".
After that, I have absolutely no memories of what happened for the rest of the day. I don't remember the incident being brought up ever again, even up to this very day, nearly 8 years later. I don't even know if my mom told my dad or anyone else.
I've been confused as to whether if the above-mentioned case is indeed counted as abuse ( molestation in particular ) because that's what the police recorded it down as. So basically I've got two questions. 1. Is it counted? 2. Is there a greater possibility that the memories I'm having are totally made-up?
Thank you for reading, advice is greatly appreciated.
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