What Happens Next Matters
A teaching on receiving disclosureĀ after sexual violenceĀ
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Someone you love tells you they were raped.
What happens in the next few minutes matters.
Not because you need the perfect words.
Because the way you listen, the questions you ask, what you do with your own emotions, whether you believe them, and whether you give them back choice can become part of what happens next.
This isn't information you need after someone tells you.
It's something I want you to know before they ever have to.Ā
