Usually a strong person usually won't engage in the first place or at least catch on quickly what is going on & immediately take action to stop engaging if they initially did in the first place.

That abusive home care person I caught abusing my mom & traumatizing me lasted 5 days before I took action to get her out of there. She had been living across the street from my mom's BF. By the time I got done with her & the police, she disappeared from sight & left the area. No idea where she went but Im sure she went looking for easier cancer patient prey. It wasnt stalking as such but the abusive effect was the same & when I had my mom taken away by the paramedics she had the nerve to ask if she could still be with my mom in the hospital. The snswer to that was not only NO, but #@[[ NO!!!! I even had security escort my mom's BF out of the hospital when he found where she was.

Yes, it didnt mean I didnt end up dealing with PTSD from what happened but realize how much worse it could have been if i hadnt gone into attack mode to protect my mom even when people tried to make me feel guilty for doing it because they didnt understand what all had happened. I told them better safe than sorry at the end of my mom's life. I am not easily guilted into anything.

Sadly in many ways I learned to be a tough fighter. I have had to work hard at mellowing out yet still staying cautious after moving to my new home far away from there.

I actually started off striking out at those who caused problems in my life but sion realized I could back off on the attack but still stay strong & not get messed with by people. It was a whole new approach I had to learn but it seems to work well to use logic rather than emotion in dealing with problem situations & figuting out the best way to handle them.

HOWEVER, one NEVER KNOWS when there may be someone out there who tries something foolish like stalking that has to be dealt with no matter how strong one may be. Knowing the best tactics to deal with it ASAP is critical as it is just as bad mentally as being sexuslly assulted or harrassed.