These fantasies may be love oriented or angry and vengeful.
Many stalkers have a history of failed relationships.
They have difficulty communicating directly with people, and become easily overwhelmed by a real or imagined sense of rejection. Surprisingly, many stalkers are intelligent. What they lack in social skills is made up in their ability to carefully plan stalking behaviors . Stalkers are often masterful at terrorizing their victims, yet all the while skirting the outside edge of the law. Stalkers can be either male or female .