Remember, it is not your fault.
Anyone can experience intimate image abuse.
You are not alone and you have not done anything wrong.
Intimate image abuse can have significant consequences upon your wellbeing. Fortunately, there are supports available to help you cope with what has happened.
Below you can find a list of services and organisations who operate in Ireland and who can provide support on issues related to domestic abuse and violence, coercion and sexual crimes.
If you are under the age of 18 and need to talk to someone:
If you are experiencing emotional distress or suffering from mental health issues here’s a range of services and organisations who operate in Ireland and who are there to help support you:
Please find below a list of legal supports and information for victims of crime in Ireland:
Please find below a list of legal supports and information for victims of crime in Ireland:
https://www.webwise.ie/lockers/ – An information and education resource, it assists schools in coping with and preventing the sharing of explicit self-generated images of minors. Intended for use with Junior Cycle SPHE classes, Lockers is supported by two animations and six lesson plans.
https://www.webwise.ie/beinctrl/ – Be in Ctrl was created in partnership with An Garda Síochána seeks to inform school leaders and teachers about the online sexual coercion and extortion of children and how a school can address this issue, in collaboration with students’ parents. The resource contains three lessons to support schools as they address the issue in the context of the Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) programme.
https://www.webwise.ie/parents – Parental supports that provides guides to issues such as consent and sexting.