Bitten on the bust - nearly lost a nipple!
30-odd years ago, I was working at what was known elegantly as a 'Hospital For The Mentally Subnormal'.

Being quite new, I still felt sorry for the residents, or 'patients' as they were known. They had shit lives.

Anyway, one day a young lad of about 11 was standing in a corner, sobbing pitifully.

He had his sweater sleeves pulled down over his hands, and his arms had been then crossed over his chest and tied behind his back with the sweater cuffs.

'How awful', I thought, and walked up to him, murmured a word or two of comfort, and placed an arm around his shoulder.

He immediately turned towards me and bit me, hard and viciously, on the nearest bit he could reach, which was my left breast.

The pain was dreadful. I stepped away pretty smartish and, hoping the incident hadn't been seen, (showing pity for the patients was frowned upon) nipped off to the loo to inspect the damage.

A lump of skin had come clean off, just under my left nipple. There was a lot of blood. I mopped things up and stopped the bleeding as well as I could and went back to work, wincing.

I never told anyone I worked with, as I'd have had the piss ripped forever. Besides, as patients were seen basically as animals I'd have been told I deserved it for showing misguided kindness.

The only good thing was that I was wearing new shoes with slightly thicker soles than usual. In my old shoes, the nipple would've been a shade lower and might've been bitten off.

I still have a faint scar and no, I'm not posting pictures.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Wed 12 May 2010, 17:48, 6 replies)

human bites
are worse than animal bites in terms of infections and nastiness, you probably should have had it at least looked at, but then if it was 30 years ago i guess no(t much) harm done ...
(zenmeban thinks the weather could be better, Wed 12 May 2010, 19:21, closed)

Good point! It wasn't on bare flesh though,
fortunately there was a hefty nurse uniform, a slip and a matronly bra in the way so I felt that infection wasn't a problem, in the way that a severed nip might've been.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Wed 12 May 2010, 20:12, closed)

Did you belt the little cunt?
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Wed 12 May 2010, 20:16, closed)

Nope
I steered WELL clear of him from then on. I bet he collected a few belts from other staff, though.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Wed 12 May 2010, 22:55, closed)

this story made me feel quite sad
are things better in places like that now?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 12 May 2010, 21:58, closed)

Things are completely different now
what with all the human rights stuff.

Back then, the patients were bathed side by side in rows of baths, and the bogs didn't even have stalls - think of the lavvies in Full Metal Jacket. Their clothes were all kept together in a big cupboard and staff just pulled out any old outfit for them to wear each day.

These days, people with severe learning difficulties are looked after with dignity.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Wed 12 May 2010, 23:03, closed)

There's the odd horror story
but there are independent bodies to keep a close eye on things. It's big business too. Depending on his background and behaviour, in terms of potential risk to the public, our young nipple-savaging friend might now be sequestered in a medium-secure facility at a cost of a quarter of a million a year...
(Happybara The jungle came alive and took him, Thu 13 May 2010, 10:35, closed)