Studies show from women interviewed after petty or violent crimes that they often saw that the incident was about to happen and were too afraid to overreact beforehand on the fears of "what if I'm wrong?"
You don't owe anyone anything…
Not politeness
Not a response
Not help
Get away. Act fast before a reaction is "deserved"
Cross the street
Run the other direction full sprint
SCREAM!
Reach for your gun/defense
Call for help
Go into a building you had no intention on walking into
What's the worst that could happen? You look like you overreacted.
I promise. The alternative could be much worse.
In 2013, in Sherman Oaks, CA, at Westfields Mall I felt a man was following me. It could've been a coincidence, or maybe he just wanted to hit on me, but I felt he was staring at me the way a lion stalks its prey. I was sweating. I stopped my errands dead in their tracks, turned into the first store, cut to the front of the line, and said excuse me, a man is following me. I'm scared. Please call security and have them walk me to my car. They looked at me like I was nutty. "what, man?" I told them, "I don't know he went away, but I'm scared to go to my car alone." they told me, "Don't worry, there are cameras." I told them, "Cameras don't stop crimes," and insisted they call security. I waited for security to come, and when we got to the parking lot, I saw the man who had been following me slowly driving in a big white truck now with a friend in the passenger seat. I told the security, "That's him!" He literally laughed, and the truck drove off. I got in my car, drove to a male friend's house, and had him wait outside for me to walk inside. While still making sure no cars followed me.
Everyone that day thought I overreacted, but I have always felt I saved my own life.
I was about 19. No gun. No defense. Just a gut reaction. I hope this personal story inspires you to do that and MORE!
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