The case -
In Laval (Mayenne), Céline B. is perplexed.
Since she was three, her daughter Thaïs, now 11, has been "
afraid to go into a room alone, even to the toilet
".
At night, she demands to sleep in the same bed as her 9-year-old sister, asks her to accompany her if she gets up.
What exactly does she fear?
To be murdered.
“
She began to be afraid in 2015,”
explains her mother
, at the time of the attacks by the Kouachi Brothers.
Since then, she says that people can kill each other for no reason, and concludes '' so they can kill us too ''
"
To read also: Terrorism, attacks: how to talk about it to children?
At the time of the attacks, the family lived in a city of Châtenay-Malabry (Hauts-de-Seine). It was to escape the atmosphere that had become heavy that she left for the countryside.
Has Celine spoken to her children about the reasons for leaving, the aggressive words found on her door, her own fear?
“
No, I just said we were going to go to a quieter area.
"
I told her I was watching her from the hallway.
She peed on herself ...
- Céline B. about her daughter Thaïs.
The tranquility of the place, the installation on the 2nd floor of a building which has only six, alleviated the mother's anguish.
Not the girl's.
“
When they made the primary school bombing alerts, she cried the whole time.
“So as not to feed her fear, Celine no longer lets her watch the news, did not tell her about any of the attacks that have occurred since.
“
But Thaïs continues to be terrified, to check that I close the door as soon as we come in.
Once, I refused to follow her to the bathroom, I told her that I was watching her from the hallway.
She peed on herself ... Even her sister is starting to get scared now.
I'm starting to worry because it lasts.
However, she manages to go to sleep with friends.
"
Céline does not have the means to consult a psychologist for children in the private sector, she is on the waiting list of the medical psychological center (CMPP) of her department.
We told him about a year and a half of waiting.
"
It's long,
" she sighs.
I do not know what to do.
"
The opinion of Dana Castro, clinical psychologist in Paris *: “
This granddaughter must be taught courage!
"
I very often see children who are afraid to go to the toilet, in their room, all alone ... up to 7, 8 years old.
At 11, it's problematic.
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