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I was assaulted at work and they refuse to ban the man

I work for a thrift shop that supports a mental health charity. The other day I was shoved, watched two children be thrown across the room, and while watching back the CCTV I saw him expose himself. He is intellectually disabled and I understand he does not understand his actions but that doesn't mean I am any else harmed by his actions. A already traumatized brain does not have a switch to say “oh he's disabled he doesn't get it ” on top of this some of my trauma is specifically around disabled people. Since this situation, my preexisting PTSD has gone haywire. I am constantly nauseous, and I can't sleep. I feel so unsafe at work and my dissociation which I had been working hard on and making breakthroughs on is so bad, especially since they have told me they won't ban him, BC it might be bad “publicity”…


I work for a thrift shop that supports a mental health charity.

The other day I was shoved, watched two children be thrown across the room, and while watching back the CCTV I saw him expose himself.

He is intellectually disabled and I understand he does not understand his actions but that doesn't mean I am any else harmed by his actions. A already traumatized brain does not have a switch to say “oh he's disabled he doesn't get it ” on top of this some of my trauma is specifically around disabled people.

Since this situation, my preexisting PTSD has gone haywire. I am constantly nauseous, and I can't sleep. I feel so unsafe at work and my dissociation which I had been working hard on and making breakthroughs on is so bad, especially since they have told me they won't ban him, BC it might be bad “publicity”

I need to speak up but I feel so unsafe and I'm so scared too

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