What is Stalking?

There are various degree's of stalking, but according to wikipedia what it comes down to in the end is unwanted contact, someone is invading your privacy against your will.
Some might be very innocent, with suttle contact methods and it does not effect the person targeted in their every day life. It is when the stalker starts following a person around, discover personal details, confidential information and things like that, that is when it is starting to get serious.

A new an growing variation of stalking is Cyberstalking, which in many ways is similar to personal stalking, and it is more of an extention of the concept, using the internet for the ways of contact, this is what Petherick writes about in this article
CYBER-STALKING: OBSESSIONAL PURSUIT AND THE DIGITAL CRIMINAL on Crime Library's website.
,I mean with new technologies comes new methods of stalking. If you are not careful enough with the information you post online it can quite easily happen to you.
How do you know that the person you are chatting to, who says he or she is your ages, from the states, bla.bla.bla, is not an old pig, living in your neighbouring city? If you don't personally know the person you can't.

There are also various types of stalkers; as i said it varies to what extent you are stalked, but also the reason for stalking can be many and I have looked at a few.
you have the Rejected stalkers, which pursue a victim to avenge, correct or reverse rejection, this could be anything from a divorce or simply being turned down.
Secondly there is the Resentful stalkers which strives to cause their victim distress by frightening them, mainly because of the feelings towards that particular person.
You also have the Intimacy seekers; the persons who wants to have an intimate relationship with you, looking at their victim as a long sought-for soulmate or something like that.
A more extreme variaty is the delusional distorder or Eroto-manic stalker which believes that their victim is in love with them, and interpret every statement to mean that their love will soon be returned and they will live according to the "happily ever after theory", celebrity stalkers are often placed in this category, but it is important to note that it is not all of them. Recently we've heard about the woman who allegdedly had an affair with Michaell Douglas and threaten to kill his wife Catherine Zeta Jones
Incompetent suitor is another type which may be a person that lacks social skills, but still have a fixation of someone who attracts their interest It is every interesting to read that among Female stalkers 12 out of 18 would classify themselves as Eroto/manic according to A study of Women Who Stalk
Lastly there is what has been called the Predatory stalker who spy on their victims in order to plan an attack, in some cases sexually, or maybe even fatal, we've all heard the story about John Lennon who was shot by a fan. (Mullen)

And throughout history there is so many examples of this type. I will probably talk more about this in the context of celebrity stalking later on in my blog, where there are a few example with fatal outcomes.
I will also look into some stories I have come across and maybe tell one of my own, hehe. very innocent though, and hopefully not very disturbing;)

But I think this is enough for one post, but keep checking in, because i will be adding more as we go along, and i love to hear your input, and your stories of course, if you have one. It can be funny, embarrassing or even serious if you have any, it is you who read who will in the end help me make my blog as interesting as possible.

Ida xxx
(I still feel like I need a catch phrase haha)