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Something I go through and I’m left in the dust

I guess [the policy is] relevant, but at the same time, it's like, if you go through all these steps, what is the result? Am I actually going to get help? Or will it just be all of these steps, and then I'm still stuck - I feel like I'm not safe. [...] It's just like, okay, am I really going to get justice? Or, is it just going to be something I go through, and I'm left in the dust?

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