I went to the Police Station this evening...

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... to seek advice on my crazy neighbour. :sigh:

Now before you get all judgemental on me, I have been calling my neighbour crazy not really knowing how crazy she really is. I just found out tonight she is schizophrenic. I am all for being open minded and not discriminating but she is making my life a living hell. Home is where you should be able to go to relax, unwind and release yourself from all your problems, but more often than not my home is far from that. Her behaviour is driving me to the edge of insanity. Tonight for four hours I had to endure incredible and unrelenting amounts of noise from my neighbour next door. Banging, crashing, thumping... noises causing the walls to shake. All coming from a skinny old lady in the neighbourhood or 90lbs. :huh: Her behaviour tonight was so irrational, I find it hard to believe someone so weak could generate such a racket. I called my landlord and left two messages. My landlords never return my calls ever. I threatened to call the police.. but instead I went to the station. The police officer instructed me to call 911. :| Seems so drastic... but he said he would 'be at perfect ease to call 911'. I guess an officer would come by and give her a warning all the while assessing her state of mind. If they found she was unable to comprehend their instruction they would call an ambulence and appropriate action would be taken. :crazy: This all seems so extreme but I am at the end of my rope and am on the brink of insanity myself. I feel like my only option is to move, but I refuse to move! I love my little aprt., my neighbourhood and everything. Why should some crazy old lady make my life so miserable? She should be in a home, being taken care of with the proper supervision someone with her condition needs. Call me evil, incompassionate whatever... but 5 months of this craziness is all that I can take. At the moment she is quiet. Four hours of 'trashing' your aprt. I can only imagine would cause exhaustion. I don't know what to do. I guess I will keep harassing my landlords and try to solve this rationally... but if they continue to not give a damn... I guess I will have to get the police involved and determine the fate of the situation. I just want peace, quiet and a little tranquility when I come home from a long days work. Silence when I put my head to my pillow... uninterupted sleep. I can not endure another night of incessant noise coming from her direction. What would you do??
I lost it. Yelled back, banged back, retaliated with music. Then found out her condition... and got scared.......... I suppose that is my confession.
 
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Jesus :huh: I'd be pissed off too. I do not stand for out of control noise. My upstairs neighbors (this is like the 5th since I moved in) are constantly making noise 3am.. on a work night, sorry but its unacceptable. It does seem drastic to call the police, but you could remain anonymous and maybe it would scare into having some respect for the people around her. :shrug:
 
I know... but how do you scare respect into someone who is clinically insane?
 
Good question :crack: Is she seeing a shrink? Maybe slip a shrink's business card in her mailbox :uhoh:
 
I don't know what you can do Angel but I feel for you. My husband's 79 year old aunt lives above a woman with the same problem and has to make sure she's not outside when she leaves or does her laundry.

The woman has even called the police on her, saying she's "making porno movies and hiding them in the attic." Obviously the police know a 79 year old woman isn't a porn star but there isn't much they can do about the woman with the problem.
 
Don't hesitate to get the police involved. They'll know what to do. Maybe if the police get involved, she'll finally get the help she needs. There is no reason for you to suffer so. You are not a bad person to be so upset with this situation. It's terrible for both of you.
 
Angel said:
I know... but how do you scare respect into someone who is clinically insane?

You can't, and that's why you should call the police next time. She is possibly hurting herself in the process.

Melon
 
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