I went out with a guy in 2018 for 2 months. He was super intelligent, had a great job and nice family but I had just come out of a very long relationship and I wasn’t interested so I ended it.
I said from the very beginning that it was super casual. Within days he started stalking me.
He turned up at my house at all times of the day and night, followed me around, wrote endless letters, contacted my family and ex partner via email. Damaged my property - it went on and on. One day after keeping notes of every time he did anything he left voicemails saying he was going to kill me. I called the police and he was arrested for malicious communications and the court wheels turned. Apparently he had done it before but I knew absolutely nothing of this. A month before the trial at the magistrates he took an overdose and killed himself. It was without doubt the worst period of my life. I was utterly terrified and not much frightens me. I don’t think I have ever been the same since.
It totally blindsided me.
Stalking is beyond awful