I understand the fear that comes when someone targets you online. I think it's important to manage privacy settings and only friend people on social networks that you actually know.

There are different kinds of stalking including romantic stalking and revenge stalking. I was the victim of the latter. It was very scary to be targeted and have the stalker trying to find ways to cause me emotional distress.

I coped by focusing on strengthening my privacy settings and culling my friends' lists back to people I was sure of. I had become lax and allowed someone in who, for whatever reason, wanted to do me harm.

I think also, as I have said previously, making sure you document all the behaviors so if you do have to go to the authorities, you can show the pattern of behavior.

It's scary to think that someone you interact with, usually in a very limited way, develops a fixation on you and then delusions.

The best offense I'd a good defense. Crack down on privacy settings, cull the friend list, and do self care. Sometimes removing old accounts and starting new ones is even necessary.

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