If you are walking and wearing earbuds, take them out so you can hear any unusual sounds. It's also a good idea to keep your eyes up, rather than looking down at the ground. If someone is following you, it's imperative to stay in a populated area, preferably one with lots of stores or with plenty of people milling about.
It's also a good idea to make lots of stops, or one prolonged stop and to see what your follower does when you duck into a store or restaurant.
Head to a local cafe for a snack or visit a local drugstore or bookstore and browse around, keeping an eye out for your follower. If the person does follow you into the cafe or store, get a close look so that you can describe his or her appearance to the police if needed.
Keep your phone close by and fully charged at all times, so you can quickly dial if needed. If you are reasonably sure that a person is trailing you and feel your safety is at risk, call the police. If you've gone inside a shopping center or a mall, you can also find a security guard and describe what's going on. Sometimes, someone who seems to be following you is just an average person headed in the same direction. If you have a sinking feeling that you're being followed, try taking a detour.
Stay in a well lit, populated area, but go just a little out of your way. Another option is to pretend you forgot something and spin around on your heel so that you start walking the opposite direction. This will alert passersby and emergency service personnel that you need assistance. Remember that while making noise could alert others to the fact that you are in danger, it could also anger the person following you and cause them to hurt you.
Method 2. Stay calm. Breathe deeply and avoid panicking. Tell yourself that you need to think rationally to safely get out of your situation. If you must, count slowly to 10 in your head. Panicking may result in you making rash decisions that could get you hurt. In addition, they might come back later and try to break in. Cross the street or turn. Use the first safe opportunity to cross the street or turn. Doing this will make it harder for the person to follow you.
Ultimately, you might get lucky and lose them around a building, in a crowd, or behind other cars. Stop frequently at unexpected places. Visit a friend who is working. Run an errand at a major retail store. Go to an area with a lot of people. By driving or walking in an area with a lot of people, you may be able to lose the person. In addition, the person may be less likely to hurt or rob you in front of other people.
Consider walking into a food court, major retail store, or some sort of entertainment event. Run or drive away quickly. As a last resort, you may want to run or drive away quickly. Leave yourself room to drive around the car in front of you. Avoid walking down any corridors, alleyways, or streets where there are only one or two ways in or out.
The more open the street, the easier it will be for you to get to safety. Method 3. The best-case scenario is that they just wanted to rob you and not hurt you. There is no good reason to put yourself in danger for some money or a piece of jewelry.
Learn self-defense. Sign up with for a self-defense class. In these classes, instructors will teach you ways to defend yourself against attackers. Some common moves include kicking the assailant in the groin, striking them in the face with your open hand, or block their attack with your arm and then hit them back.
Remember, physically defending yourself could increase the chance that you are injured during a robbery or another type of assault. Cooperate with them. Listen to what they say instead of talking. Do what the person instructs you to do. This is especially true if the person is threatening you with a weapon like a knife or a gun. In many cases, cooperating will reduce the chances that the person hurts you. Saul Jaeger, MS. Drive to a public place. SafeWise uses paid Amazon links. This happened to me last night.
They followed me in a car, yelled at me and threw things at my window. Hayley, an officer I spoke to told me to call next time — right after the stalker follows me from one place to the other just one time.
Tonight I had a guy follow me around after I moved from my parking space three times. I was about to go into the store, having been in my car just 2 minutes or so, and suddenly this guy parks right next to me and stares at me the whole time.
I then went around and parked at the other extreme. He immediately followed me and parked a few feet away and stared at me again. I went around him and left out the other end. I had a stalker for three years a while back. I have no idea who it was or what he wants or even where he started following me, since I had gone to several places already. So many wackos in the world…SMH.
I was just followed in a car and tried to call the local police. There was a large menu of options that I did was not paying attention to due to me paying attention to the actions of the car.
If I find myself in this situation again do I call or go through the options to contact the local police again? If you ever find yourself in a dangerous situation, call Typically, local police numbers are for non-emergencies.
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