Because of their fear or PTSD, a stalking victim may not feel safe or able to do everything they did before being stalked. This could cause life issues such as job loss, or ruin a person's romantic relationship. If you have experienced events or behavior from someone that could be considered stalking or that threaten your own sense of safety, it is important to take action.
Though it isn't always easy, the following steps can be extremely helpful in coping with the situation. It may be tempting to tell the person stalking you to leave you alone, but it's best to refrain from communicating with them. Oftentimes, they might feel more encouraged by the fact that you communicate with them. In other words, they may feel that their stalking means that you'll speak with them. Sharing this experience with others can lead to a greater sense of safety in your life.
Tell the people in your life whom you trust about being stalked, so that they can help you in any ways they can—including not engaging with the person who is doing the stalking. If someone is stalking you and you are in immediate danger, don't hesitate to call for help. Explain to a dispatcher that you're being stalked and are fearful for your safety.
Having evidence is important. Every time someone who is stalking you calls you, follows you, harasses you, or otherwise engages in stalking behavior towards you, write it down. Include as many details as possible, and always log the time, location, and date. If someone won't leave you alone, you can file a restraining order against them so that a judge orders them to not come near or contact you.
Usually you need to do this in person, and have a court date where you explain the situation to a judge. Your records of stalking incidents will be helpful in successfully obtaining a restraining order. There are agencies with the resources to help you through this. Your town may have a domestic violence shelter or a sexual assault hotline.
Advocates can help you take steps to keep yourself safe, such as creating a personal safety plan. If you are being stalked, there are steps you can take to feel safe again. In these cases, the stalking is not a threat, just a source of annoyance. You will have to be clear and direct, yet gentle.
Occasionally, these stalkers escalate to other, more aggressive, forms of stalking, so be prepared to seek help if that occurs. Protecting your social media account by making everything private and only friending people you know can help protect you from this form of stalking. Let Three Seas help you break free from stalking while addressing the ways stalking has undermined your well-being. The Three Seas Group takes its responsibility seriously to ensure the health and safety of its staff and clients.
Therefore, we are adopting the following policy across our five locations, effective from Friday 5 November This will be recorded in our secure and confidential system for reference upon subsequent appointments.
Confidential support Students, staff and faculty can get confidential support through the Office of Victim Assistance OVA by calling or filling out a confidential request form online.
This form will only be reviewed by OVA staff — the university will not be notified and no investigative action will take place.
If you would like to get in touch with an OVA advocate counselor regarding your form, be sure to include contact information you feel safe being contacted on. OVA advocate counselors can provide additional support to help individuals explore their rights and options, make a safety plan, get medical treatment if needed, discuss their living situation and more.
They also have a free e-Ask an Advocate program that allows you to meet confidentially and briefly with an advocate counselor for additional information, support and consultation.
An informational or anonymous report is sometimes an option to make the police aware of the situation. Individuals can also sometimes ask police to contact the person to give a verbal warning or press criminal charges. Stalking of a former partner also tends to be more persistent: Most stalking stops after two—four weeks , but ex-partner stalking commonly lasts longer.
Walker has only stalked partners and former partners. For him, these impulses—which might start with obsessive text messages, then grow—have been connected with anxiety and jealousy during, or just after the end of, a relationship. Psychotic stalkers are disconnected from reality and can have detailed delusions about being in relationships with specific celebrities, strangers, colleagues, or acquaintances. Galietta gave the example of a man she treated who met a woman in a coffee shop, where they exchanged just a few words.
So we want to break that—we want to teach them to recognize that, whatever that urge was earlier on—and get a commitment for them to try something different. This aspect of trying something different can be very hard for stalking perpetrators. But the relief or high that they get from stalking dissipates quickly. How are your relationships? What do you do when you have the urge?
What skill do you use?
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