This week (25th April - 29th April 2022) marks National Stalking Awareness Week.
These posts have been designed to make people stop and think about certain behaviours they may be exerting, and recognise them for what they are.
#LetsTalkStalking
Usisng a doorbell camera to keep watch over somebody isn’t normal behaviour.
If you are obsessively checking to see whether somebody leaves the house, or monitoring visitors whilst you’re not there, it could be a type of stalking behaviour.
It isn’t unrequited love, and it certainly isn’t ‘romantic’
If you are bombarding someone with unwanted calls and messages, this could be a sign of stalking behaviour.
Stalking is fixated, obsessive behaviour which is unwanted and repeated. Does this sound like you?
Forcing someone to share their passwords with you isn't 'normal'.
It's not a cute thing couples do - it is controlling.
If you are using these passwords to keep tabs on somebody's activity and communications, it could be stalking behaviour.
Do you feel clever creating a secret account to keep tabs on somebody without them knowing?
Are you able to see what they have been posting, where they've been checking in and who they've been talking to even though they don't want you to?
That's not normal. It sounds like stalking.
Using technology and location tools to constantly check a person's movements and moniter what they're up to isn't 'normal'.
Carrying out obsessive surveillance on somebody could be stalking.
Stalking is fixated, obsessive behaviour which is unwanted and repeated. Does this sound like you?
#LetsTalkStalking
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