Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Lifestyle

Stalking Is Not Normal! Know How It Affects The Victims

stalking
Picture: Medium

Recently on Twitter, a man shares his scary experience where a woman has been stalking him for two years! How scary is that? It must be quite shocking to hear that a woman stalks a man. Nevertheless, this can happen to anybody, regardless the gender.

According to MindHelp, stalking is a behaviour that involves persistence and unwanted surveillance. Aside from that, this behaviour also includes wanting attention, and some can lead to harassment towards a specific person.

The action of stalking is not normal, and should be stopped! The victims of this action can suffer from the things that stalkers do such as:

Stalking Behaviours

1) Repeatedly calling or texting

2) Showing up uninvited

3) Following or spying

4) Leaving strange and unwanted gifts

5) Waiting for the victims

6) Engaging in acts to intimidate or threaten

As victims of stalkers, they have no control over the stalkers except to tell them to stop or block them from reaching them. However, stalkers being stalkers, they will find a way to do anything to get in touch with the victims.

Some might say, “It’s just a stalker. He/she just adores you.” Well, that is not the case. The strange behaviour of stalking can impact the victims’ lives:

Impacts of stalking on victims

1) Victims may feel helpless

  • They live in constant fear every day, worrying about what will come next and when the stalking will end.

2) Victims can suffer from anxiety, stress, low mood, and depression

  • In some cases, victims blame themselves for the stalker’s action.

3) Impact on physical health

  • Disturbed sleep, fatigue, stomach problems, migraines, headaches, and poor concentration.

4) Attempt to harm themselves

  • Adopt unhealthy lifestyles like smoking (increasing cigarette use), drinking alcohol, taking medications without a prescription, and having suicidal thoughts.

Other impacts of stalking on victims are as follow:

stalking

Picture: MindHelp

Sources: MindHelp, Action Against Stalking

You May Also Like

News

It is a miracle! Rescuers successfully pulled out more survivors of the Türkiye quake after being under the rubble since the earthquake happened. It...

News

Some 35 people from 10 families were evacuated due to the flood in Penampang, while seven areas have been rendered impassable this morning, following...

Lifestyle

Earthquakes are horrendous natural disasters. Recently, Turkiye and other countries near Turkiye were hit by an earthquake that left thousands people in agony as...

Lifestyle

Coca-Cola Bottlers Malaysia has allocated contributions valued over RM240,000 to flood-affected victims across three states, namely Kelantan, Pahang, and Terengganu.  The food assistant programme...

Advertisement

Copyright © 2021 Siakap Keli Sdn. Bhd.