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Sexual assault and neurodivergence

The Neurodivergent Woman

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PTSD and the Process of Reporting Sexual Assault

The process of reporting sexual assault can sometimes be retraumatizing and retrigger a person's PTSD symptoms. The way that they're treated when they're reporting these things by the justice system could destabilize their mental health. And there's such a problem problematic attitude with that, I think, in society around victim blaming. It's not really your fault if the person who assaulted you goes and assaults other people. That's on them.

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