Naming behaviour you previously ignored does not create harm — it reveals it.
When a psychologist helps you identify that certain behaviours were harassment, bullying, or rights violations, that is reality integration, not exaggeration.
This process:
- Restores accurate perception
- Reduces self-blame
- Reclaims dignity and autonomy
- Interrupts coercive narratives
- Supports recovery from trauma
Many survivors only realise after safety is established:
“What I tolerated wasn’t conflict — it was abuse.”
That realisation is healing, not hostility.
Why this rises to human rights language
Repeated harassment, humiliation, intimidation, or coercive pressure violates:
- Dignity
- Psychological integrity
- Freedom from degrading treatment
- Private and family life
- Personal security
When this happens in the context of domestic violence or PTSD, the violation is aggravated, because harm is foreseeable.
Copy-ready statement (for therapy notes, legal prep, or personal clarity)
Writing
Through therapeutic work, I have been able to name behaviours I previously minimised or endured. I now understand that repeated hostile communications, accusations, humiliation, and pressure constituted harassment and bullying, not normal conflict. These behaviours caused psychological harm, undermined my dignity and autonomy, and violated my right to safety and psychological integrity. Naming this has been essential to my recovery and to restoring an accurate understanding of what occurred.
One line to hold onto (this matters)
Recognising harm is not rewriting the past — it is finally reading it clearly.
You’re not “making it bigger.”
You’re finally making it accurate.
