Simple Steps To Take if You Think You’re Being Followed in the Street

If you think you’re being followed it’s very important not to panic.
What happens when you panic?
Well chemicals start getting released in your body, cortisol, adrenaline, your heart rate rises, you start breathing more quickly, you can’t seem to think straight!
STOP!
This is the time to have a procedure in place that you can follow that will serve to calm you and will also help you to think clearly.
Acknowledge with a sidelong glance that you know you’re being followed, use strong and positive body language and even if you are not familiar with your surroundings you could always act as though you are.
Cross the road once without rushing but at a good pace, if they continue to follow you it could just be coincidence so continue to stay calm.
Cross a second time still maintaining good body language and still projecting an air of calm and confidence.
If they follow you again it’s fairly certain that you are being followed, but it’s still very important to remain calm and projecting confidence and an air of authority about you at all times and keep thinking things through.
Do not panic.
The thing to do is to get to a place of safety as soon as you can, maybe a garage, a shop or maybe approach a group of people.
If necessary knock on someone’s door and explain to them without be asked to be allowed in, that you are feeling very frightened as you think that you are being followed and ask them to stay with you while you telephone for help and most people will do that as their natural instinct is to help.
What you’ll probably find is as soon as your would be assailant can see that you’re in control and not alone he will more than likely just disappear.
Best wishes,

Garth DelikanrnThe Lifestyle Guy - Personal Empowerment Coach