How to Avoid an Attack If You're Being Followed or Watched

This may happen to anybody: you're walking home and suddenly notice that somebody is following you. Your natural reaction – having a panic attack – won’t help, but there are several ways how to protect yourself from being attacked or robbed.
Remember, you should stay alert at all times. Any time you're going home, taking a dog for a walk, strolling the streets on your own, stay focused and observant. Glance around and behind yourself every half a minute or so. Try to notice everything out of the ordinary and analyze the situation. And if your instinct or reason tells you that somebody is stalking you, it's time for some actions.
In case you’re sure you’re being followed, try to lose them. Cross the street as if you need to do this. If you're lucky, they may even lose you in a crowd, around a building, or behind cars.
Check who is following you - confront the danger head-on. What is more, you immediately alert the person who is after you that you're well aware that they are on your tail. Sometimes, it's enough to cause a person to stop.
Call your friends or, if you’re in immediate danger, call the police. If your cell phone's battery is dead or you can't use it, enter any establishment on your way, inform them that you're being followed, and ask them to call the police.
If you decide to run away, go to areas full of people: first of all, your stalker may lose you among other people; secondly, they will unlikely hurt you or rob in front of others.
If the criminal gets ahold of you, be cooperative, listen to the criminal, don't talk, and follow their instructions. If a person threatens you with a knife or a gun, such cooperation will lower the chances that they will harm you. If you understand that you're being attacked, use everything you have at hand to fight off the criminal. Keys, a heavy bag, fingers, fists, a book; you can use anything to protect yourself.

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TIMESTAMPS
First of all, make sure that a stranger is following you 1:05
Pretend to be unaware 1:30
Cross the street 1:50
Turn around and look at your stalker 2:30
Contact friends and relatives 3:00
Call the police 3:36
Scream, yell and make as much noise as possible 4:14
Run away 4:33
Don't head for your home 5:34
If the criminal gets ahold of you 6:14

SUMMARY
-Casually stop, pretending to be tying a shoelace or searching for something in your bag or pocket. Scan people behind your back memorizing some details of their appearance.
-Make some stops, look in store windows, take a break to admire a pretty car choosing the dark ones to see the stalker’s reflexion without looking right at him.
-To make the task more difficult for the person following you, cross the street or turn the corner.
-Don't be embarrassed to turn around and check who is following you.
-If you've made sure that you can't get rid of the stalker, text or call those of your friends or family members who are likely to be nearby.
-If you feel that you're in immediate danger, and there're no people around, call emergency services.
-Even if you simply shout "help me" or "fire," the criminal may get scared away. If not, try to get away yourself.
-Don't feel embarrassed to start running. However, by no means move down any alleyways, corridors, or streets with only a couple of ways in and out; you can get trapped there.
-Don't go home unless you're one hundred percent sure that nobody is following you.
-If the criminal gets ahold of you, don't hesitate and give them all the money and other valuables you have with you. If you’re being attacked, kick the assailant in the groin region, poke their eyes, scratch, bite, strike them in the face with the open hand; your life can depend on that.

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