Erotomaniac
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The [Erotomaniac] Stalker
This kind of stalker believes that he is in love with you. To show his keen interest, he keeps calling you, dropping by, writing e-mails, doing unsolicited [errands] on your behalf, talking to your friends, co-workers, and family, and, in general, making himself available at all times. The [erotomaniac] feels free to make for you legal, financial, and emotional decisions and to commit you without your express consent or even knowledge.
Moreover, no amount of denials, chastising, threats, and even outright hostile actions will convince the erotomaniac that you are not in love with him. He knows better and will make you [see the light] as well. You are simply unaware of what is good for you, divorced as you are from your emotions. The erotomaniac determinedly sees it as his or her task to bring life and happiness into your [dreary] existence.
The best [coping] strategy is to ignore the erotomaniac. Do not communicate with him or even acknowledge his existence. The erotomaniac clutches at [straws] and often suffers from ideas of reference. He tends to [blow out] of proportion every comment or gesture of his loved one.
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