Can being a victim of stalking lead to agoraphobia?
The Melbourne Theater Company explores stalking and it’s effects in a production of “Boy Gets Girl.”
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From The Age
Belinda McClory discovered the truth about stalking for her latest role with the MTC, writes Robin Usher.
Stalking destroys people’s lives, which is exactly the result that some perpetrators seek. This came as a shock to Belinda McClory, who plays the lead role in the Melbourne Theatre Company’s new production about stalking, Boy Gets Girl.
“I used to think that stalking was the result of a mental imbalance,” she says. “Of course, it can be the result of a delusion about a relationship that doesn’t exist, but in other cases it is outright cruelty…
…The cast met a stalking expert from a sex offenders’ clinic who said that victims were likely to suffer from agoraphobia or panic attacks, and would remain suspicious about other people for a long time.
“I found it very disturbing that some stalkers orchestrated everything about their behaviour. I think that it is truly shocking that someone can be so malicious.”…