Cyberstalking by a person with Delusional fixation – persecutory type

INTRODUCTION: Stalking is generally defined as an intentional pattern of repeated intrusive and intimidating behaviours towards a specific person that causes the target to feel harassed, threatened and fearful. Motivations for stalking include a delusional belief in romantic destiny, a desire to reclaim a prior relationship, a sadistic urge to torment the victim or a psychotic over identification with the victim and the desire to replace him or her. Cyberstalking can be as distressing to victims as physical stalking if not more so, due to the concealment and anonymity afforded by electronic communication. CASE REPORT: 21 years old male patient had sleeplessness, hearing voices, easy irritability, harming self, breaking articles and sending threatening messages to an unacquainted celebrity actress for 5 months. He was distressed with the voices of the celebrity actress accusing him. He decided to threaten her and followed her social media activities and was cyberstalking for 4 months, sending threatening messages to her Facebook, Instagram and whatsapp accounts and she eventually sorted legal help. While in stalkers, erotomanic delusions are the commonly reported delusions, other delusional fixations like persecutory type are rarely reported.