is anyone frightened about antisocial behaviour, degeneration , noise and louts?
im a 33 year old male , i try to mind my own business in general and choose carefully who i associate with or become involved with.
ive faced my share of adversity, struggle and strife severe psychiatric problems – depression, anxiety , anger problems. – social problems – suffering homelessness , incarceration in a mental hospital, prison etc.
unfortunately cause of my problematic life i missed out of average things like ; qualifications , higher education and building adult relationships.
fast forward to the future ; ive been doing a lot better for about 6 years in a small apartment on benefits , living in a better area – managing to get by – a better mental health service.
but there are young noisy lads that live round about in my area and one the bottom floor of my apartment building.
their not violent or severely antisocial , just noisy , play loud music in there cars , drive their cars fast down the road when their leaving , talk loudly and noisly in the street and in the early hours of the morning – basically announcing to the whole street what their doing.
make loud noise.
and to be honest , there ”actions ” make me very nervous and edgy while im in my flat.
at the moment im quite reclusive because i have severe anxiety about going outside and dealing with people and just ”being around humanity ”.
im very nervous about the world in general and the economy and what might happen to effect the security i have..
its what i worry about.
and these noisy actions from these young lads who live round and about just make me more nervous and panic.
i live on the 3rd floor of a 4th storey mini block of flats, but i still worry about everything – and even about being burgled .
i own a few european medieval swords , so i dont feel as nervous in my flat. but still panic a lot.
and the loud noise and activity from these young lads just drives me up the wall and cause me to panic a lot.
i was just hoping could anyone relate to this or i just appreciate a helpful answer.
thanks
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I can just about say, that this is exactly what i am like, and for me it all stems from anxiety. Unfortunately i also live in area that is accustomed to drunks, aggressive/loud youths and constant noise, and it scares me quite a bit more than it should, If you think what you wrote seems bad, well imagine this i have neighbors at either side of me, the ones to the left regularly fight every weekend after coming home from the pub, it may sound crazy but i get this feeling that one of them will get soo angry that they will come and smash my windows or try to break into my house and harm me. My biggest fear about the noise i hear every night is something you mentioned about being burgled, it’s the one thing i think of every night, i have gone as far as to map my escape, based on which door they enter, to what window i will jump out of, crazy really..i sleep with my phone next to me fully charged, a pocket knife, on my bedside table, and my dog, not for protection, but that i am afraid to leave her downstairs in case someone does come into the house. The worse thing for me is hearing people fighting, kicking doors, or oddly smashing things. I keep my windows closed at all times and thanks to the summer it’s not dark for long and i can sleep a bit longer, winters are horrible, owning a pet that needs to be let out when it’s dark. So how do i cope? i really hardly do, but i try my best not to dwell on these thoughts, easier said that done, especially when you can hear ‘danger’ around you. I like to watch things on tv that make me laugh, or listen to music, of course never with the headphones on, because of course then i wouldn’t hear anyone come into the house..hum.i do dabble in a bit of meditation, which helps calm me down quicker. I guess it’s really a battle with the mind and to replace the bad thoughts with something positive, but sorry not very helpful, if i find the answer, i’ll remember you and i’ll give it to you then.
I’d just walk down to them and say "High, guys! How’s it going?" I’m not intimidated by noise, youth of even wild gestures. I’d just get to know them the best I could (and make sure I didn’t leave any money laying around in my apartment when I was gone.)
See I firstly wish to congratulate you on getting better and trying to make a home for yourself. But you’re right this is unfair and something must be done. These teen lads who do stuff all all day and do nothing but make noise,ride around on scooters etc, swear and abuse ppl may look back in years to come and think "What can idiot I was" sadly some may never do that. See what they are doing is scaring people to get a reaction. Obviously they have had poor upbringing and may have behavioural issues. The saddest thing is where is the cops when you need them? All I could possibly suggest is making a record of this and trying to go to your council/housing association to see if any orders can be put on about antisocial behaviour and making sure you wont get any reprisals if you do decide to speak up. That is why many never report for fear of reprisals.