How might crime affect you?

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Crime can affect your and your family’s feelings.

Crime affects everyone in different ways.

For example, some people might:
A person lying in bed. They are awake and are covering their ears with their hands.
  • find it harder to focus and sleep
A person looking very sad with their head in their hands.
  • feel very sad for a long time
A person looking worried.
  • worry about being safe more than they did before the crime.
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Some people might keep thinking about how the crime happened.

They might think about what could have happened differently.
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Some people might also have a range of feelings that come and go.

For example, angry feelings changing to sad feelings.
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All of these feelings are normal.

They might get better with time.
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Support services might help you manage how a crime affects your feelings.