Submitted by Feeling-Bed-9506 t3_10ozm3j in nosleep

Hi, I just have to get this out somewhere. Maybe I’ll connect with someone who’s been through this, or knows how to end it and get those involved prosecuted.

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Last year, I (34/M) used to drive for Uber. I met this girl who I started frequently driving, she was cute and fun and made me laugh. Eventually she starts selling me weed, we exchange numbers, and one thing led to the next, she becomes my girlfriend.

Things are great at first, but rapidly go down hill. She becomes incredibly demanding, manipulative, is completely narcissistic, starts doing meth, has no interest in stopping, and then becomes physically abusive. I realize there’s no saving this relationship, and I break up with her.

Immediately she starts driving by my house slowly (and repeatedly) with her high beams on, and getting multiple, multiple other people (friends of hers and people she meets at bars) to do the same. These are cars I recognize from when we were on good terms, not a paranoid delusion I made up. I filmed over 12 hours of her constant harassment and took many, many pictures (180 GB in total).

I ended up in a psyche ward, twice actually (both times voluntary), but they could not help me, because I’m not schizophrenic, this is really happening.

I was followed to work, every single day, and followed home by her and a convoy of cars and SUV’s that I’d recognize everywhere — I even started memorizing and writing down license plates.

She herself is 5’3”, 108 lb., not very intimidating, but she is a prolific liar and manipulator. I’m sure she’s made up horrible things about me to gain influence, plus she’s kind of hot, and very, very charismatic. Everyone who follows me is a man, since she cannot maintain friendships with other women. These are men who are desperate and want to sleep with her, trying to be the hero.

I moved, there was a brief period of time (September to early December) where it stopped, but then she found out where I live, and it began again, this time increasing in hostility.

I’ve called the police hundreds of times, I have an RFA against her (that she violates every day), the police never catch her. I’ve dealt with about 5-6 police departments, and I think they can’t stand me anymore. I don’t get taken seriously. I regret having a few angry outbursts with the police right around the time I submitted my evidence in, and they didn’t look at it or pull the security footage I told them to pull from a store my ex was in at the same time I was — I know because I called the store and they told me the police ever asked for the footage.

I’ve felt like I’m going crazy, yes, I’ve questioned my sanity A LOT. My own mother (who I just recently started talking to again) is horrified, doesn’t believe me, and thinks I should “seek help” — even though I already have, and a therapist and medication is not what I need, because I’m being tortured by actual people, it’s not a figment of my imagination.

I lost my job two weeks ago due to the all-consuming paranoia, and my increasing sensitivity to being stalked and followed everywhere I go.

I’m on the verge of a mental breakdown, I’ve worked with every service possible. My biggest fear is lashing out on one of the cars and it being the wrong car, sending me to jail for a long time. I’ve had to show incredible restraint throughout this entire ordeal, because I keep hoping that THIS clip will nail her, or THIS license plate will be the one that gets her locked up etc.

I know I’m right, I know I am, in my heart of hearts. The whole idea behind it is to get me to slip up and hurt the wrong person, or get institutionalized, or go to prison, or even kill myself. It’s constant, subtle, horrible harassment that is very, very hard to prove.

I can go into what they do if you want, but I’m also really scared that someone will see this and do it to someone else. It’s sadistic, and it’s the most fucking evil thing I’ve ever experienced. This is still ongoing, and it’s taking everything I’ve got to stay sane.

There’s people out there who claim they’re being followed by helicopters or that the government is tracking them or whatever — I DON’T THINK THAT. I’m not someone the government would even be interested in. It’s my ex-girlfriend and people she manipulates. I know exactly how she does it, the only thing I have no idea of is why she’s so dedicated to this, or how she’s got so many other people to be so invested in it with her.

I’ve seen a few videos of other sane people on YouTube who are going through what I’m going through, which somewhat comforting, even though I feel horrible for them.

It’s called ‘organized stalking,’ or ‘community harassment.’ If you look up ‘gang stalking,’ you’ll just find a bunch of paranoid schizophrenics talking about microchips and helicopters, and people thinking they’re being followed by 100 police cars etc., which again, IS NOT ME.

I don’t know why I’m posting this, I don’t even think anyone can help me. I just want people to know it’s a real thing, and it’s an absolute life-draining nightmare. If anyone out there has experienced this, please feel free to message me. There’s nothing where I live as far as support goes for this kind of thing, especially for men.

It’s good this place is called r/nosleep, because that’s what I’m getting.

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Significant_Event t1_j6htzlb wrote

It's common practice for cartels and such. They are not attacking you, so far, just trying to make you crazy, and they've succeeded. You need to stop obsessing about it. Record, work on personal security, move again if possible and try to keep calm. If you lash out you're done.

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Meadowrai_7 t1_j6hrrq2 wrote

I’m sorry your going through this.

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ThrowAway072343 t1_j6i1qho wrote

If you’re using, get clean. Then, go and live your best life as if they don’t exist. Focus on you and what’s best for you. Try and stop thinking about the why’s and how’s. It will get better.

And, music and/or books. But, mostly, lots of good music.

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Feeling-Bed-9506 OP t1_j6i3dsw wrote

I’m not using anything, I’ve never done meth or heroin or anything like that. She was, which was a major factor in me leaving her.

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ThrowAway072343 t1_j6i3vmj wrote

I was not trying to accuse you of using, it was a major factor for me. I have since gotten clean, but still suffer from PTSD induced paranoia and anxiety. I also just lost my job on Friday due to it. I did send you a message.

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Feeling-Bed-9506 OP t1_j6i48sw wrote

Oh I know, I just wanted to clear it up for other people reading this as well. I’m sorry you lost your job, that is really hard. I think I mentioned I lost mine too. I’m interested in your story as well! Feel free to tell me about it in a PM or on here, and if you don’t want to, I can respect that also.

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MsPaganPoetry t1_j6izwdg wrote

What does RFA stand for? I'm only familiar with the acronym RO for "restraining order"

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Feeling-Bed-9506 OP t1_j6j0qd0 wrote

RFA stands for a ‘Relief From Abuse’ order, which covers No Stalking as well. She punched me in the face and gave me a black eye while I was driving her somewhere, but it was right in front of a police car and he pulled her out of the car and took her away haha.

I didn’t press charges, because that’s how fucked up relationships work. That was the first time I broke up with her. Since that was a documented incident, I had no problem getting an RFA on her once she started stalking me — usually I guess you have to take them to court, but this was granted instantly. Too bad it doesn’t work.

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Feeling-Bed-9506 OP t1_j6jcpi0 wrote

I made a song about her that made her really angry. I didn’t know what else to do for revenge since the police weren’t listening to me.

Check it ooouuuttttt!!!!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku3g4JuB1W0

Maybe it’s a little choppy in the beginning, but it gets better.

(Instrumental made by Anabolic Beatz)

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LeXRTG t1_j6m6ccg wrote

If they aren't doing anything to physically hurt you, or ruin your reputation, why are you so paranoid? The reason she's doing it is because she knows it will get to you. If you just ignored her and her friends and lived your life as if they didn't exist, they would probably get bored and go fuck off somewhere. They're doing it to get a rise out of you, and you're playing right into their hands. Once you stop reacting, it will completely defeat the purpose for her. Don't let her force you into slipping up. Completely ignore them and it will force her to slip up or do something drastic to get your attention, at which point she gets nailed for it, game over, you win.

Side note: I would never put my hands on a woman but if anyone ever punched me hard enough that I got a black eye I would lay them out as a reflex. I don't care if it's a man, woman, or apache attack helicopter. I respect women and I would never be abusive but I expect that same respect in return. She really crossed the line there

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Feeling-Bed-9506 OP t1_j6nk74i wrote

One time I did hit her back eventually, but this is after we broke up. She showed up to get the rest of her stuff, and instead of showing up alone, she showed up with six people and jumped me. Stole my gun and my car keys. Yes the police got the gun back. When I was surrounded by them, I finally had had enough, you don’t take a motherfucker’s gun.

So I backed up towards my house and she kept following me and hitting me over and over, and getting worse and worse and I was holding this bright ass metal flashlight and I thought ”You know what? Fuck it,” and I cracked her in the side of the face with it. It felt so good. Before that, I never DREAMED I would hit a woman ever in my life, and I never will again... but I also never dreamed I’d date a complete monster like her who would hit me, either.

I’ve tried ignoring it. It doesn’t make a difference, she and her friends do it anyway. If I don’t leave the house, they park somewhere visible with their lights on so I can see them. They follow me around whenever I leave the house no matter how I react. I know she gets more out of it when I scare them by acting more aggressive, but if I don’t, they just do it anyway.

No offense but it sounds like you’re giving advice to a grade school kid who gets bullied… which by the way, if they don’t ever retaliate and try to ignore it, they just get harassed worse because there’s no repercussion for them or risk of a threat. That’s when they get bored, so what do they do? Escalate.

If you aren’t doing anything about it, they’ll think you’re afraid. They know enough about psychology that wether or not you show a reaction, you still feel it inside. They don’t need me to react or not, they know it’s damaging and they know what they’re doing would put anybody on alert. They don’t need a reaction.

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