🛡️ Safety & Sanity Action Sheet

For Survivors Facing Ongoing Harassment or Retaliation

✨ This is not your fault. Their behavior is a reflection of their dysfunction—not your worth.
You have every right to feel safe, protected, and supported.


⚠️ Immediate Safety Measures

✅ Document the Incident (Every Time)

  • Take clear photos of any damage or unusual activity (car, home, belongings, etc.)
  • Note date, time, and location
  • Write down what happened, who was around, and how it connects to known patterns
  • Include any witness names

✅ Report to Authorities

  • File a police report (e.g., Guardia Civil in Spain)
  • Keep a record of the case number
  • Share your suspicion if you believe you know who did it—stick to facts, not accusations

✅ Secure Your Home & Property

  • Install cameras or motion detectors (visible ones act as deterrents)
  • Upgrade locks or add bolt-on door reinforcements
  • Consider a GPS tracker or dash cam for your vehicle
  • Alert a trusted neighbor or friend to keep an eye out

✅ Protect Pets & Loved Ones

  • Make sure pets are microchipped and registered
  • If you’re away from home, arrange for someone to check on your animals
  • Never leave them outside unattended if threats have been made

✅ Create a Trusted Emergency Circle

  • Identify 2–3 trusted people you can call or alert in an emergency
  • Give one person a copy of your keys and important documents
  • Let them know if you feel unsafe or notice patterns escalating

🧠 Emotional Sanity Toolkit

✅ Ground Yourself After an Incident

  • Breathe in for 4, hold for 4, breathe out for 6
  • Say to yourself: “I am safe now. I have support. This fear is from a past pattern—I am not alone this time.”
  • Move your body (walk, stretch, shake) to release adrenaline

✅ Create a “Truth File”

  • Write down the history of abusive behavior
  • Include screenshots, messages, court records, therapy notes
  • Use it to remind yourself: “I am not imagining this. There is a pattern.”

✅ Affirm Your Power

  • “I am not responsible for someone else’s lack of control.”
  • “I trust myself to respond with wisdom and strength.”
  • “They are not in charge of my life anymore.”
  • “Fear is a signal, not a sentence.”

✅ Limit Exposure to Triggers

  • Block or restrict known flying monkeys (mutual friends, nosy relatives, etc.)
  • Set social media to private
  • Don’t respond to baiting or messages that pull you back into drama

✅ Have a “Peace Plan” for the Day After

  • Book something calming: therapy, massage, lunch with a friend
  • Stay off social media if it spirals you
  • Reward yourself with something kind and soft
    (Your nervous system deserves gentleness after shock)

📝 Legal & Protective Planning

✅ Keep a Harassment Log
Use a notebook or document with:

  • Date/time
  • Description of the event
  • Who else was present
  • Whether police or others were notified
    This can be used in future legal proceedings or restraining order applications.

✅ Review Restraining Order or Legal Boundaries
If you don’t yet have one and threats escalate, begin speaking with legal counsel or domestic violence advocates.

✅ Talk to a Therapist or Advocate
You deserve support. You don’t have to carry this burden alone.
Look for trauma-informed specialists who understand post-separation abuse.


❤️ For Your Spirit

🌿 What’s happening is not fair—but you are not powerless.
🌿 You did the bravest thing of all: You left.
🌿 And no matter how they act, you still win when you stay rooted in peace, strength, and clarity.


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