Stalking Awareness:
Stalking Awareness:
Stalking is not always someone hiding in bushes or following a person down the street.
Sometimes it looks like:
• Repeated unwanted contact
• Constant monitoring of someone's online activity
• Creating new accounts after being blocked
• Repeatedly discussing someone in groups, forums, or chats
• Turning up unexpectedly where someone is known to be
• Tracking routines, habits, or movements
• Sending unwanted gifts or messages
• Encouraging others to contact or watch someone
• Using intimidation, fear, or obsession to maintain contact
What separates stalking from normal interaction is that the contact is unwanted, persistent, and causes distress, fear, or alarm.
Many victims spend months or even years questioning themselves before realising what they are experiencing is not normal behaviour.
If someone asks for no contact, blocks communication, or clearly withdraws consent for interaction, those boundaries should be respected.
Awareness matters because stalking can have a serious impact on a person's mental health, sense of safety, daily life, relationships, work, and wellbeing.
If you believe you are experiencing stalking, keep records, save evidence where safe to do so, speak to trusted people, and seek support.
Being interested in someone is not the same as being entitled to access them.
Respecting boundaries is not optional.
#StalkingAwareness #Safeguarding #BoundariesMatter #Safety #Awareness #BeHelpfulNotHarmful
“If someone repeatedly tells you they do not want contact, the respectful response is distance—not persistence.” – Sarah Wingfield
Sarah Wingfield ❤️
Actor | Author | Advocate
KawaiiDollDecora.uk
Alt Text:
A square stalking awareness infographic in a pink, black, and white kawaii-inspired design branded with "KawaiiDollDecora.uk." The graphic features a black teddy bear holding a heart reading "Respect Boundaries," pink bows, hearts, chains, sparkles, and lock motifs. Large text at the top reads "Stalking Awareness" with the slogan "Awareness Today, Safety Every Day."
Key messages include: "Stalking is not romantic, it's abuse," and "Boundaries are not suggestions." A checklist explains that stalking can include repeated unwanted contact, monitoring online activity, following someone, sending unwanted gifts or messages, creating fake accounts, obsessively talking about someone, and refusing to accept boundaries or the word "no."
Additional sections encourage people to trust their feelings, seek support, document evidence, and remember their right to privacy, safety, peace of mind, and respect. Another panel states: "Being interested in someone is not the same as being entitled to access them."
At the bottom, a banner reads: "Respect is love. Obsession is not. Choose respect. Choose kindness." The infographic is signed "Sarah Wingfield – Advocate" and includes the website KawaiiDollDecora.uk.
