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Originally Posted by CroFlames
I know a guy who had a stalker and it's wild. Restraining order and all that.
I've come to realize that stalking is form of mental illness; it's not just "omg I love this person so much". It's completely irrational behavior, borderline scary for the victim.
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I don’t want this to turn into a conversation about the legal system, but it’s wild to me how often the focus is on the easiest lever to pull and punishing the symptoms instead of addressing the the cause.
Every restraining order should come with court-mandated mental health intervention. I’m aware the systems in place don’t support this and there’s many different situations where this would/should also be applicable. But still. It’s scary that these people can just continue their behaviour without the cause being addressed.