Inconsiderate, intimidating neighbors cause depression and anxiety?

Posted by robertwills @robertwills, Oct 26, 2024

Lets; say you have neighbors that sit outside your apartment building, smoke "weed" in public view (which is illegal) and use intimidating gestures towards you as you come and go. Could this be enough to cause legitimate depression and anxiety?

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@robertwills

Thank you for your prayer. This will be ending at anytime now. The landlord couldn't tell me when because there's privacy issues. Well, that's what I have been told and it seemed sincere. Actually another neighbor was told the same thing so I would bet on it. Once people move in they have rights and it takes a legal process, sometimes a long one, to be followed to get them out. I will post when they are out.

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That sounds like some kind of progress anyway. I'll keep praying.
PML

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Update: I learned one of the men is known to the police (and the others probably as well) and what I found online about them is very concerning. The potential for trouble is very high right now. My anxiety leaving and coming back to the building is through the roof now and will be so until they leave!

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Update: This is unbelievable. It's been unbelievable. It's not just what's been happening, it's the whole layout of the building and grounds that allow such a dangerous situation. Do you now what I mean? It's bizarre. Why did this happen to me?

I answered my original question several weeks ago. I think I may now be developing PTSD but in my case the trauma is still happening. Why are these people allowed to still be here? The laws need to be changed to immediately eliminate obviously dangerous situations in residential neighbors. Public illegal drug use and threats? You have history of it? You're out of here now! No appeals. No contesting. No 30 days. No nothing. OUT NOW! Like you have 1 hour to get yourself and your crap out of here! Otherwise it will be dumped at your expense.

The people causing trouble here are not changing and will never change. I did a casual search into to similar experiences of people across the country and true enough some people actually engage in drugs and nuisance and threats and crime, get arrested and go right back to it immediately and then do it over and over and over! I am walking within feet of these kind of people every day!

Thank you for all your caring support. I will update again hopefully the people will be gone then.

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I have followed your post. I am not sure I commented before. I cannot diagnose but you very well could have ptsd. I do. Do you have a therapist? Know about 988? I have come to the hard realization our society as far as boundaries empathy for others plain decency and a moral compassion is gone. Substance use disorder is hard. There is no motivation to change. Please keep the updates coming. There is no way for you to relocate?

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I have followed your post. I am not sure I commented before. I cannot diagnose but you very well could have ptsd. I do. Do you have a therapist? Know about 988? I have come to the hard realization our society as far as boundaries empathy for others plain decency and a moral compassion is gone. Substance use disorder is hard. There is no motivation to change. Please keep the updates coming. There is no way for you to relocate?

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There's no need for me to relocate; it will be over any day now. I wasn't about to move because these people wanted to establish a drug house here in a nice, well-kept apartment complex in a good part of town. There's no way they could sustain it. There are families here and I'm surprised that it happened at all.

I actually screamed this morning for the first time in my life due to a situation like this! I don't think though I will need a therapist, As soon as they are gone, or maybe a couple of weeks after, I think I will start feeling at peace and feeling safe again.

I will update when it's over or before. Until then I will be very careful coming and going.

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Thank you. I am glad their is a resolution. I have talked to people in my past that in hindsight were not safe. I do feel it is very important to be cautious about who and what you are around. I am glad you are screaming . I have had trauma therapy. Letting yourself feel your emotions and process them is important.

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