Protect Yourself From Being Attacked

You have probably read and heard a lot about preventing crime but the possibility of becoming a victim of robbery or an assault is always there. Did not mean to scare you but do not worry – here are some experts’ strategies you can do in facing these unpleasant, life threatening, and terrible situations in our lives.

We know that it is not easy to stay calm in a dangerous situation but try to be one as possibly you can. At least 95 percent of experts unanimously agree about the usefulness of a loud scream at the right time. It is proven an effective device. Loud noises the victim can produce is more than enough to drive away the attacker because criminals always try to commit crime without being detected at all by anyone other than their victims.

Nowadays there are several inexpensive alarms available at the store that you can easily slip right into your pocket or serve as keychain and its sound can be heard to blocks away. If you do not have such electronic or battery operated gadget – your scream will save you a lot. Yell! The loudest you can. No criminal wants to be noticed about his act.

In isolated cases, it would be best to surrender your money or jewelries rather than resist that would harm you and could even kill you. Most especially, if the attacker has a weapon, unless you are an expert, trained or experienced, do not resist.

There are common weapons which you can keep right in your purse like pepper spray or tear gas that can harm the eyes and nose of an attacker. You can always reason out to the authorities that you carry this for your personal protection. Surrender it if necessary if they asked to.

There are also electronic stun guns strong enough to physically disable the attacker in an instant and would give you time to either run or call help. Carrying a handgun is the least experts’ give as an advice for woman to carry, for it requires proper training and licenses. Like any other weapon, there is always the possibility of wrestling handgun from you by an attacker. He may not have a weapon before but now he has and it came right from your hand.

Another thing you can try is to buy some time by talking or negotiating with the attacker. It would all depend on the personality of the attacker, you can sense it. Depending also on your respond, you can also turn off the attacker with bizarre behavior such as throwing things or you can suddenly act like a retard. Pretending to be an instant epileptic patient is also effective.