How to Deal With Psychological Harassment
The hardest part of working out how to deal with psychological harassment is not the process. It is getting past the doubt about whether it is really happening.
That doubt is not a weakness and it is not accidental. When every incident is small and deniable, and the other person is plausible and senior, doubting your own account is a reasonable response to the evidence available to you.
The way through it is not to decide. It is to record, without judging.
Write down what happened, the date, who was present and what was said, as close to the time as you can. Keep it somewhere outside work systems. Do this for six weeks before deciding anything.
What people find is that the written record settles the question in a way that memory cannot, in either direction.
Support is available meanwhile. Safe Work Australia covers the duty. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.
See Sentrient’s mental health and wellbeing course and psychological safety course.
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