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From: (Not Displayed) Received: 5:09 pm on May 7, 2008 Return to Inbox
Subject: Guy doesn't want to leave me alone
Actually, this problem I have is with this other person.  I'm a guy and am have a problem with this other guy that hangs around me constantly.  I don't like him and he has no friends.  He follows me and my friends everywhere we go.  This has gone on for 8 months now.  I would like to tell him to "find new friends", but I think he could be mentally unstable.  He has written a book about a school shooting with my friends names and my name mentioned, when people tell him to "shut up" he says "I just want to die", and he has easy access to guns.

Many of my friends have told him politely to "please not follow us anymore", but he always comes back within the next 5-10 minutes.  Even I tell him to please stop following me.  I just don't know what else to do.  I feel bad for him, but also don't want to be followed constantly.  Thanks in advance .
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Tell a teacher or other responsible adult and let them know why you are concerned. If the first person you speak to does not seem to care, speak to someone else and keep trying! You can't deal with this guy if he is mentally unstable, and it would be unwise to try to do so. He could pose a risk, or there could be reasons you are unaware of behind his behaviour.

I hope it works out okay =)
~Arguia

Posted at 10:15 am on May 8, 2008

In the wake of campus tragedies such as Virginia Tech, a new national push is emerging to identify and provide help to students who exhibit tendencies such as the ones you mention before they have the chance to act out violently.  This seems to be more than a normal kid with few friends, but someone who needs counseling, and who needs to be identified by officials.  The book about school shootings seems very scary.  If you have access to this "book," you should give it to an administrator or police officer.  Violent campus incidents are almost always carried out by socially awkward students who are ostracized (sometimes due to their own behavior) and preceded by writings or drawings of the intended tragedies before they happen.  

Posted at 9:02 pm on May 7, 2008
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