This happened around 7pm earlier.
I (18F) was walking on the way home from a shopping centre.
It was going to turn dark + it was raining and I was tired so I wanted to get home quickly.
I noticed there was a man walking behind me and I thought nothing of it.
He continued walking behind me for a while so (me being a paranoid person) I decided to test him and sped walked. When I sped up, I could hear his footsteps speeding up behind me. I kept increasing my speed and his footsteps became quicker too. I started to panic.
I kept turning my head to the sides to watch how close he was using my peripheral vision. I had a very bad gut feeling about him.
Now, I know that people might just be walking in the same direction as me to get to their destinations and I might’ve been overthinking. However, this is the first time where someone (walking behind me) gave me a bad feeling.
Luckily, in front of me, there was this young couple (looked like they were in their late 20s). I happened to be going in the same direction as them also.
When they got further I started walking faster (I was rlly scared ATP) in order not to lose sight of them and “stay close to them” just in case the man behind me tried to harm me or wtv, and I could scream for help (and they’d hear it).
The young couple went to a different direction and I ran with full speed to my block.
When I went into the lift, I quickly pressed the lift buttons and some buttons above the floor I was staying at to be safe.
Was I being stalked or was I just overthinking?
Edit: Forgot to mention that at first, I was walking slowly, and the man didn’t overtake me. He just walked behind me.
The thing that I was worried about was that he sped up when I sped up.
I am not 100% sure if he was indeed stalking me. The only thing that points to him being a stalker is that he sped up when I sped up.
I’ve watched a stalker YouTube video before and they said in such situations, I need to test the stalker more like e.g. walking around some blocks/areas a few times to see if he follows. I didn’t manage to try that method on him as I wanted to get home quickly.
Edit no.2: I wasn’t wearing anything revealing. I was wearing an oversized t-shirt and long shorts that went right above my knees. The typical “xmm” outfit.