Just a brief background on why I’m posting here: I’m a man who was groomed and sexually assaulted multiple times over a long period of time when I was 7/8. I know it was a counsellor I was seeing after having some schooling issues with anger management and emotional regulation. I was living in a small country town at the time. My memories of this time are all over the place, I remember so vividly the things she would do to me and the feelings can be so strong it’s difficult not to become overwhelmed when talking or thinking about it but at the same time I don’t remember her name or any details that would help with reporting.
It’s been over 15 years since this happened to me and I’ve only relatively recently opened up to my psychologist about it and have been getting the appropriate help for about 2 years. We have briefly discussed reporting but I’m very conflicted on whether that would be a good thing for me to do at this time or if it would even be viable with it happening so long ago and myself having so few details to give.
I also have a lot of worries about if an investigation were to take place after reporting. Mainly because it happened in such a small country town (about 5k population) I’m concerned about word spreading around and being outed as a victim publicly and all the judgement and stigma that surrounds it.
I wanted to ask about anyone’s personal experience with reporting, how it all works and what you were able to get out of it.