On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A everybody.

I am Brandon Chadwick and with me today we have Dr. Joni Johnston. How are you?

I am great. I'm super excited to be here. I really appreciate the opportunity.

Well, thank you for being here with us today and for those that do not know who you are.

Dr. Joni Johnston is a forensic psychologist, private investigator and crime writer.

She's a practicing psychologist. She has worked in a medium maximum security prison for the Board of Parole for the Superior Court of San Diego and as a workplace investigator of misconduct allegations, including harassment, discrimination, and violence.

You are currently evaluating mentally disordered offenders up for parole and you provide expert testimony in criminal and civil litigation as a forensic psychologist.

Your website is Dr.joneyjohnston.com, and all that information will be in our show notes.

And, you know, for people who are listening, we've listened to a lot of episodes

in our survivor stories about stalking. And today, you know, a big part of our discussion,

the main part of our discussion will be stalking the, the psychology behind stalking, understanding stalkers

in how this takes place, and then the, I guess, the evolution and the stages of violence as well.

So I guess let's start off and say, what is stalking?

Stocking is really a pattern of unwelcome behavior that causes fear in a reasonable person.

So it's kind of a vague way of really saying it's, it is two things to remember.

One is this pattern.

So it's a course of conduct.

It's not a one-time thing.

Like, you know, somebody can be harassed once.

But when you're talking about stalking, and that's very significant because when you're

looking for a legal, you know, remedy, it's this pattern or course of conduct that the law looks for.

Show us that this is not a one-time thing.

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