What Reporting Can Involve
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Reporting can involve speaking with police, a workplace, or another relevant body, and support services can explain what that general process looks like beforehand. This is something worth clarifying early, even before deciding anything at all. This is worth understanding clearly before making any decision at all. This is a right worth knowing about, whether or not it is used.
Understanding the general steps involved, without committing to anything, can make the idea of reporting feel less overwhelming when and if you do decide to. This is worth asking about directly, without any hesitation at all. This is worth remembering on days when everything else feels uncertain. It remains true regardless of the path someone ultimately chooses to take.
1800RESPECT is on 1800 737 732, any hour of the day, and can talk through what reporting might involve for your situation. It is always worth reaching out, even just to talk something through. You do not have to work through this entirely on your own. Whatever you are feeling right now is reason enough to call.