Catalogue
Maggie Marriott
Sunday, 21 January 2024
42 N ewsletter 15 The Pirate Queens' Buoys - ARRESTED
I remember clearly thinking after he changed the passwords on my email account was - how’s he going to keep on criticising? How will he satisfy his urge to write it all down and bombard me? It is only when the behaviour is extreme that some, usually friends or family, will realise that behaviour is inconsistent with the person's usual demeanour. Grandiose delusions are one of the most common types of delusions in BD. • Exaggerating achievements • Criticising and dismissing other's achievements or talents • Constantly boasting and talking about yourself • Believing yourself infallible or
invulnerable • Believing you are more intelligent than others • Thinking common rules don't apply to you • Acting selfishly • Treating others with disdain or contempt • Not caring if you hurt someone • quick to anger if you are challenged • unable to see how your behaviour affects others • particular sensitivity to perfumes and
43 N ewsletter 13 The Pirate Queens' Buoys 29th December Stalking December 29, 2021
13.3. Stalking has been described as the “paradoxical crime of the nineties”. Stalking is viewed as encompassing behaviours which can appear conventional and inoffensive whilst nevertheless managing to convey a menacing sense of obsession. 13.8. A constellation of behaviours involving repeated and persistent attempts to impose on another person unwanted communication and/or contact. (Mullen et al. 1999, p. 1244) Activities which on the surface are innocuous and commonplace but which, when constituting a course of conduct and with the necessary intent, form the basis of the criminal offence. (Swanwick 1996, p. 26) When one person causes another a degree of fear or trepidation by behaviour which is on the surface innocent but which, when taken in context, assumes a more threatening significance. (Goode 1995, p. 24) 13.9. The wilful, malicious, and repeated following and harassing of another person that threatens his or her safety. (Meloy and Gothard 1995, p. 258)
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