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Frequently I hear from others about their own neighbors-from-hell. All of them are amazed at how horrible people can be for no good reason. Hair-trigger tempers are frequently possessed by the bullies and they are set off by the smallest things that most people ignore. Bullies are the center of their universe and believe they should be the center of everyone's universe. Incredible. If you have a neighbor-from-hell, let me know.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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Hi again Sue-Q,
I commented awhile back about the sociopathic neighbor my family and I have had to deal with. The neighbor from hell we live next to is a woman. Her behavior is different from your socio, but the net effect on my family and me is the same: anxiety, stress, ill health, PTSD, depression and distrust of normal people.
The socio next door to me doesn't get loud. She gets 'even'. If she's having a tough time in her world, she attacks me. If she hears my voice, she is angry. If she's bored, she toys with us. We've even witnessed her tormenting her three year old grandchild.
What has she done? She taunted my dogs and me as we walked through the neighborhood, made harassing calls, gossiped against us in the 'hood, followed me, watched my husband and son through our fence when they are working or chatting, and many other things...But, the worst of it is, she has threatened me with her car twice and has placed 6 dead animals (three wild birds, three wild bunnies) in our yard and at our front and back doors, five of them mutilated (beheaded exactly the same way each time).
While we've received confused sympathy from other neighbors and police officers, they cannot help us. As one officer said, it is difficult to do anything about such things unless, as my husband stated, "...she waves the dead animal in front of our security cameras, holding her driver's licence before tossing it into our yard."
What have we done to maintain sanity? We have: filed harassment injunctions against her, sought therapy, prayed a lot, own our yard by enjoying it (not hiding in our house), continued to be friendly with other neighbors, filed police reports, consulted with an attorney, walk through the 'hood anyway and refuse to be intimidated into moving!
We may be at the end of the seven year horror. We've learned that she is in foreclosure and bankruptcy. There is a kind of poetic justice here. She tormented us for seven years and now will suffer seven years of financial judgment. She is over 50 years old and doesn't have many prospects.
Do you see anything positive about your situation?
This experience has taught me not to be so naive. Sociopaths are real, they don't have remorse and they ALWAYS feel justified doing whatever they do!
I wish you and your family peace. It's a long road to recovery, but if you make it back to a peaceful existence, you've won. You've negated their power and you will be inoculated against this virus forever.
--L
Seven years is a long time! And your comment about sociopaths being remorseless and unapologetic is right on. I sincerely hope your struggle and endurance is over by now. Recovery takes a long time, sometimes longer than it took to get into the PTSD. Sorry to say that, but I can testify that it can be true. The injured brain has a mind of its own... Many thanks for your good wishes.
it's sad to see but good to see fellow sufferers...I'm glad I'm not alone.
I live with probably a bipolar neighbor who one week is nice and sunny, the next is not so much so. He had gone from harrassing me from phonecalls and running onto the streets yelling at my family when they walk my semi-service dog to driving up to my property all the time and threatening to kill my dogs and hurt me.
just because he can't stand a bit of noise...
I just moved here to recover from my struggle with health. We've tried reasoning with this madman, but he hates me clearly, and my dog. I don't even wish to go to the supermarket to leave them alone...
I don't what I did to desrve a neighbor from hell. oh well. 3 years and counting.
harrassing calls, now deaths threats to my service dog and possible hurting of me. I am cautious to even enjoy my yard. What can I do? I've called the police and they keep "settling his hash" but they need physical proof before they could take action.
this is his game, he did it before to others.
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