/mental/ - Mental Health, Illnesses and Disorders

sup /mental/? This is going to sound crazy. Basically, it started because my next door neighbor can hear my water running, and knocked on my wall whenever I ran my water as a way to cause me to run my water less. If you've never been in a similar situation it is not really possible to explain the effects it has on a person. It essentially turned my life into a series of knocks, I use the bathroom knock knock knock, I wash my hands knock knock knock, wash dishes knock knock knock, get a glass of water, get water to cook with, take a shower, brush my teeth, splash water on my face, and on and on, knock knock knock. It got to the point where I was literally shaking just thinking about using my water. I would try to use the bathroom at work everyday before I left just to avoid some knocks. It made me a their prisoner in so many ways, and I hate them for it. I honestly think I have some form of PTSD because of them. Naturally enough, there have been many drunken confrontations initiated by me pertaining to said issue. I asked him to stop, made a scene tried to fight him etc. Basically they said no, we're not stopping, just stop running the water. After this happened enough times, they stopped for awhile. Now though, they have started knocking randomly throughout the day, along with knocking when I run my water. At least 3 times a day they just start knocking on my wall for about 10 minutes, I think they are trying to goad me into causing a scene and ultimately calling the police and getting me arrested.

In response to this I have begun running my water excessively throughout the day (water is a fixed cost included in my rent), playing a high pitched noise into their apartment at night, and for the woman (who absolutely detests me, she thinks I'm a pedophile/ rapist or something) I have been playing porn loudly while cycling in the 'Lydia' ringtone from breaking bad (yes her name is Lydia). That had limited success, so in addition, I started using acapela box, its a text to voice program, and typing in lewd sexual things regarding she and I. Things like she has a crush on me, and she knocks to let me know she is horny for me, its actually quite lulzy. That actually got her to stop knocking for today at least, which I feel good about. I now want to do something similar for her boyfriend, I do not think sexual things will work on him, he's the type who will just laugh them off. Some things I know about him are he obviously has issues with wanting to exert control over his environment. He has mentioned before during one of our confrontations that he was raped by a pedophile growing up, which I think is where his control issue comes from. He is a former alcoholic, but no longer drinks. He is a wannabe tough guy, forces others in the complex to do as he pleases, threatening to disable their vehicles if they defy him (he is a former mechanic, and apparently knows some trick to fuck up a vehicle in a way that it wasn't obviously vandalism) So basically, focusing on his control issues, I am looking for things to say via acapela box to make him uncomfortable to the point of wanting to move just to get away from me. From my research into ppl who need to control others, it comes from a fear of losing control themselves, or being at the mercy of others. They inflict pain and hardship on others because they themselves are in pain, though they don't realize it because it is buried deep in them where they cannot remember or acknowledge it. So basically I want to pick him apart subtly at the sub conscious level, bring to light the things he doesn't want others to know, or even to truly understand himself. So yeah, thats where I'm at. Ideas?