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I'm a forensic psychiatrist. This is why Baby Reindeer's Donny was such easy prey for Martha, and these are the warning signs that someone is a stalker to look out for
In the light of my own experience as a forensic psychiatrist, Baby Reindeer seemed both stunningly convincing and frighteningly recognisable, writes Dr Sohom Das.
A single act of kindness — a young man working in a bar offers a distressed woman a free cup of tea — turns into a relentless campaign of stalking that destroys his life. In the light of my own experience as a forensic psychiatrist who has given evidence in numerous stalking cases, Baby Reindeer seemed both stunningly convincing and frighteningly recognisable, writes Dr Sohom Das One well-known example of such ‘erotomania’ was Margaret Mary Ray, a divorced woman so obsessed with the U.S. talk show host David Letterman in the 1980s that she repeatedly broke into his house to leave him gifts and even do his housework.
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