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Victim Support provides important services for many different types of crime. Hear from our senior fraud manager Lisa Mills about why specialist fraud services are vital to help victims move forward after the crime.

Experiencing crime is likely to be upsetting and stressful. It can disrupt your normal everyday life and feel like there's more to cope with. This animation talks about some of the ways crime may affect you, and how you may be feeling.

When we're anxious or worried, our breathing tends to become quicker and shallower, which makes relaxation difficult. If you're feeling anxious after experiencing crime or a traumatic event, try a breathing exercise to help relieve stress and relax your mind and body.

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Antisocial behaviour can affect you, your home and your community. You might think an incident is small or unimportant to begin with. But it can go on for a long time and become serious. If you feel it's safe to do so, you may decide to speak to the person causing it before it turns into a bigger issue. Here are some tips if you decide to speak to them...

If you've experienced crime or a traumatic event, it's normal to feel a range of strong emotions afterwards. Resilience is your ability to deal with stressful situations, and to manage crisis and upset. If you have low resilience, you may find it harder to cope with difficult situations. This animation gives some simple tips you can try to build your resilience.

In West Yorkshire, we have a team of trained specialists - called Independent Stalking Advocacy Caseworkers - who provide advice and support to anyone aged 16 or over who is a victim of domestic stalking. This animation explains more about our service, and how we can help.

After experiencing crime, you may feel overwhelmed or anxious. Try this grounding technique, which uses all five of your senses to bring your attention back to the present moment.

When you've been affected by a crime, it's important you're kind to yourself. This animation has some simple tips to encourage self-compassion as you move forward from your experience.

Crime can have a significant impact on us. It can disrupt normal everyday life and leave us feeling not quite ourselves. Everyone reacts differently after experiencing crime, but this animation suggests a few simple things you can do to make a positive difference to how you feel.

Recognising there is unhealthy or abusive behaviour in your relationship can be difficult. Here are some examples of controlling and coercive behaviours to look out for.

Panic attacks can happen anywhere and at any time. Although they can be frightening and unpleasant, they won't cause you any physical harm. A panic attack is an exaggeration of the body's normal response to fear. If you're experiencing panic attacks after crime or a traumatic event, this animation suggests some things you can try the next time you feel an attack coming on.

Hattie, an independent sexual violence adviser (ISVA), at Victim Support West Yorkshire talks about her role.

Giving sexual consent means you agree to be involved or take part in any kind of sexual activity. And you have the freedom and capacity to make that decision. This means you’re not forced, coerced, tricked or scared into giving consent, and you’re capable of making such a decision. If consent is not given, any kind of sexual activity is sexual violence. Consent can never be assumed, even in a r...

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