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I would go for the fence. You don't need the extra aggravation. Call the police if the noise is out of hand.No one knows who placed the complaint.You have a right to reasonable peace and quiet.Then you are free to work on other problems.

We learn social skills from our family of origin .The bonding to family is stronger when intermittant kindness and abuse takes place.Studies with monkeys showed that a consistently nurturing mother had offspring who were not as connnected as cruel or withholding mothers.

You would never have sought out such a horrible experience. It helped me to imagine what my first sexual experience would have been like It would not have been with a married grown man. My therapist asked when I became sexually active. She said not to count what someone did to you before...

Both my home of origin and my current home have not been places of peace and tranquility. My father was insane. He hallucinated at night and thought I put LSD in his food.It was a place where he was such a bully that you felt he would protect the family from intruders but there was no one to...

I just wanted to say Hello. I am also new but haven't posted an introduction. It takes time to heal and those who want you to rush it are just impatient and ashamed of the truth. You don't need their permission to take time for yourself .

I found it helpful to write lists and if I could not think of something I liked about myself, I would ask people who love me for ideas. I believe Anthony said something about forgiving yourself for the PTSD. I have had so much self hatred for being spacey and forgetting to call people over the...

My elementary teachers commented that I day dreamed too much in first and second grade. I recall feeling so angry and insulted by that. I remember thinking if they didn't make us read stupid books like the Dick and Jane series, I wouldn't have to daydream so much. It was one of those useless...

I tried to delete that post. I tried to edit it. My kitty jumped up on my lap as I was composing it and forced my hand prematurely. I tried to edit it but my router went offline. She is actually a tuxedo kitty but she doesn't have that little chipmunk smile. This research is terribly...

This is truly a meaningful coincidence. I ran into an old banjo playing friend of mine and told him I was crazy as a bed bug without going into too much detail. He started talking to me about the importance of playing music . There were times in my life when I played an hour on fiddle, an hour...

Thank you for posting this. I have never been able to be present long enough for a photograph. My eyes are glazed over and my nickname was always Space Angel. I am new here and feel like I just met a world of people who are from my planet. I haven't recovered from it but have only recently...

Thank you for finding the courage to post. Yes, it made me feel like I was going crazy. I began to lose a lot of time and space out more than usual. It helps to have a professional diagnosis. I discounted the psychiatrist who told me I had PTSD because I thought it was just sleep apnea...

I recently read that people who suffer from abuse tend to cycle from fight, fright and flight. It makes me feel a little like a very cranky old washing machine with no normal setting. I wrote a note to remind myself to ''reconcile, be courageous and stand your ground." I am determined to try...

The good news, sort of, is that you know he makes you anxious. Never forget that. It is possible to forget and just have anxiety as a default emotion. You might try meditation or breathing exercises to calm yourself . You could try positive affirmations or ask for something from your doctor for...

You should probably trust the opinions of your therapists over family members.Sometimes family members want everything to be normal and will downplay your problems because of their own shame. Your parents showed real immaturity by betraying you in this way.I failed to be treated for the nightly...