Hi everyone! I've never posted in a forum before. I'm wondering if anyone has been in the same boat as me. I don't know anyone who has had a similar experience and I am left feeling alone and beyond anxious. I have a stalker at work. This man is about twice my age and expressed romantic interest in me. I repeatedly told him I wasn't interested. He stalked me on social media, and created new accounts when I blocked him. He waited for me in the parking lot at work multiple times. He showed up at my home and brought me gifts like wine, chocolate, and stuffed animals. I repeatedly told him to leave me alone, even screaming at him at work. I told union stewards, they told him to leave me alone but he did not. I told HR, they told him to leave me alone but he did not. It got so bad that it impacted my ability to perform my job. I work around heavy machinery that is incredibly dangerous. I started to feel panicky one day when he was following me around at work. I threw up twice and went home. I continued to throw up multiple times a day for several weeks and left work on short term disability. I lost a ton of weight and couldn't even drive myself to doctor appointments. I jumped at every noise, thinking he was back at my house. I got a a No Contact/No Stalking order against him that is in place for 2 years. He is not supposed to come within 200 feet of me. I was diagnosed with PTSD by a psychiatrist and continue to experience severe psychosomatic symptoms of headache and nausea. I am supposed to return to work in 2 weeks and the stalker still works there, in the same department as me. HR will not tell me what measures are in place to keep him away. I'm terrified that I will be in the exact same boat I was in when I left work: constantly looking over my shoulder, avoiding him at all costs, and getting physically ill. Has anyone ever experienced a stalker in the work place? I'm worried I'm going to have to quit and I'll lose everything.
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