Cease Contact

If you feel that it is safe to do so, we advise that you cease all contact with the person making unwanted contact to you. In our experience, people who engage in unwanted behaviour are often trying to elicit some kind of response or reaction from their victims. Therefore, we advise that you cut off all contact with this person and do not respond for any reason, regardless of whether the contact made with you is negative or positive.

You may, however, want to consider keeping the line of communication open for the purpose of collecting evidence, i.e. saving incoming text messages without responding to them.

If the person is engaging in unwanted behaviour towards anyone close to you, then we suggest you ask that they also cease contact and do not respond. You may want to request that any mutual friends refuse to engage in conversation about you to help prevent them from mistakenly disclosing information about you.

If you have a child with the person engaging in unwanted contact then we advise that you make use of a child contact centre. This may help prevent ongoing unwanted contact and place you and your family in a safer position.