Online harm can feel difficult to explain, especially when the person causing the harm is using several platforms, creating new accounts, or contacting people around you.
You may also worry that other people will not take it seriously because it is “only online”.
Online harm can have a very real impact.
It can affect your:
- sense of safety;
- mental health;
- sleep;
- relationships;
- confidence;
- studies;
- work;
- finances;
- housing;
- daily routine.
If you are changing where you go, how you use your phone, who you speak to, or how you live because of somebody else’s online behaviour, that is important.