Inconsiderate, intimidating neighbors cause depression and anxiety?

Update: No only am I feeling better, the other residents in apartment building seem happier. This might be my imagination but just thinking about this I think "My goodness, this happened and is happening right here? People had to put up with this nuisance and danger for months? This is awful." Then I came up with an idea that I am not quite sure how to implement but I believe it would be a godsend to neighborhoods all over the US that have had to experience such a nightmare as my neighborhood has:

When there is drug related nuisance and threats in a neighborhood there should be immediate reporting to law enforcement and an immediate reaction by local law enforcement. That is one of immediate assessment (who are the person(s) involved and what are their capabilities?) and then one of action to immediate eliminate the behavior. This can be a "knock and talk" that can resolve many situations or it can be covert surveillance and then a complete shutdown of the behavior. This all has to be in accordance with all laws. I believe the key word is "immediate". By this I mean once a report is made the assessment is begun within minutes or hours the same day. Then police action at the scene within a the same day or the next day or days, in almost all cases. Our neighborhood mistake was waiting too long to report it and we all suffered needlessly. You need to report it as soon as you become aware that it is happening.

When this is over I may bring this idea to the city city council who can hopefully work with the police department to implement such as strategy. No one should have to put up with this.

My situation is not over yet. Danger is ever present as we await the legal process to get these men out of the building. I will update when anything else comes up.

Update: Not an actual update of anything new; I just wanted to post to feel some relief from the stress I'm feeling over this. The men are still here. No threats for a while now but that could change at anytime. I detect they are getting angrier but this could be my imagination. They were angry from the start.

This situation is nearly unheard of in this part of town. Why did this happen to me? As I indicated in previous posts, everything lined up to create this nightmare. Well, it's ending soon or in the near future. I will post when they are gone.

Don't know why this happened to you except society is deteriorating.Poverty hopelessness despair people getting angry instead of positive action. Drug use all types of addiction skyrocketing. I am a non violent person but I do have a stun gun. My dogs are my legal ESAs and are pitbulls. Have you considered a home security system that allows you to monitor the outside,

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Right before I saw your reply I was thinking "Why don't these men just spread joy and happiness?". That's how bad it is for me mentally right now.

I thought about various security measures I can take but this situation will be ending soon. There is a risk that something will happen but that will be one incident and I am being very careful to avoid this. Plus it very well could be that law enforcement has the front of the building under constant surveillance.

A large part of my question of "Why is this happening to me?" is actually not the behavior itself but the physics involved in this situation. The building, the layout of the grounds, the locations of the doors and windows, the construction, sounds, etc. all have "lined up" to put me in the worst possible place. As I noted in a previous post I actually screamed one time just thinking about how this is a one and a million chance that put me in so much danger. There is no escaping it as long as I live here and these men are still here.

I keep saying it will end soon and it will. I will update when it does or something else happens.

I will add this. These type of individuals can prey on people's vulnerabilities. Possibly what you describe could be an advantage for them. With all due respect I think you should move.

As I indicated they will be moving soon, whether voluntarily or not. I'm not going to go through all it tales to move to go to another place that is more inconvenient to where I need to be all because these people want to establish a open-air drug market here . I can confirm these people are known to the local police. Not that it matters to these people but it gives the neighbors a lot of power now.

Will you let us know when you are safe and these individuals are gone? I understand about not wanting to move. Take care. Be safe

I definitely will.

Update: I won't go into detail but I will say that this situation is becoming more volatile. I thought it might just go away any day now, just like one day to the next and gone, but this continues on and is definitely causing me anxiety and depression. I still feel better than I did weeks ago but it's going the other way now.

Thanks for listening. It feels good to post. Hopefully this can help someone else in a similar position. What a nightmare. Actually a bizarre nightmare and I'm not waking up out of it.

I will update again, probably sometime this week as I will try to find out what is going on now.

How volatile? Is your safety at risk? I have never been on why the authorities are not intervening. Do these individuals live in your complex?