Disguised Harm: Documenting Covert Digital Stalking, Symbolic Manipulation, and Obsessive Relational Intrusion in the Digital Age

This manuscript presents an anonymized, longitudinal qualitative single-case dataset documenting digitally mediated obsessive relational intrusion (ORI), symbolic manipulation, and covert pursuit behaviors within contemporary social media environments. The primary evidentiary window spans November 2023 through May 2025, with documentation and analysis concentrated across 2024–2025. The case is reported from the perspective of the primary target and applies a structured analytic approach that distinguishes (a) observable digital behaviors (e.g., timestamps, posts, interactions, and platform activity) from (b) interpretive analysis grounded in repeated patterns, timing relationships, symbolic consistency, and escalation dynamics observable across time and platforms.The dataset is organized as a structured case file consisting of an executive summary, preface, and methodology section outlining documentation procedures and interpretive criteria; contextual background establishing relevant relational and digital history; a master timeline organized around correlated activity and post-response timing relationships; and appendices addressing recurrent tactic clusters, including sexual objectification, identity manipulation, covert account proliferation, fantasy-based framing, and probability-based reasoning relevant to assessments of intentionality. All identifying details—including names, locations, venues, and searchable lyrical content—have been anonymized or paraphrased to preserve privacy while retaining evidentiary and analytic integrity.This work is shared to support sociological research, interdisciplinary scholarship, advocacy, and public understanding of technology-facilitated forms of relational harm that may remain socially and institutionally difficult to recognize due to plausible deniability and indirect communication architectures. It is not presented as a legal claim or criminal allegation, but as a high-resolution longitudinal dataset illustrating how digitally mediated ORI may be sustained through symbolic intrusion and psychological presence without continuous direct contact.The full anonymized case file is available as an accompanying dataset via OSF.