• riodoro1@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    My gf does this constantly. She is afraid of every man on the street. If there is a homeless or god forbid mentally ill person on her path she’s basically terrified.

    Yes, she does listen to true crime podcasts. Yes, we live in a relatively safe part of a relatively safe country.

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      9 days ago

      Being scared isn’t really something you can control. So I think what matters is whether that affects how she treats men.

      As someone who also is quite scared of strangers when no one is around, I mostly just avoid that situation to begin with. If that’s not possible or it’s just too severe, it’s definitely something where looking into professional help could help her, if it’s available. Though not listening to true crime podcasts would probably be a good start…