Idk how to deal with screaming lady neigbhour

[Content Warning: ] vent, stressful situation

I have a neighbour that i suspect she has a mental problem like autism. When she talks, she screams. Like she does obnoxious screams which triggers my mental problems and leave me with an irritated feeling throughout the day, no matter how i try to calm myself with positivity or trying to ignore. To stop myself from being irritated all day bcs im very sensitive when she does these sounds (every single day at random times), i have to do a ''mental breakdown'' moment like screamingly talking to myself and i say i can't take it anymore and stuff and it's not my fault she's crazy and that she does these sounds and that she should go live in another place or stop bothering others with her weird screams. I say that bcs the sound she makes also drives attention from outside since we live in houses, and ppl started saying it's at my house meanwhile it is NOT me, and people start being gossipy which is another trigger of mine when it's negative talk. And i just wanna fucking live in my own home. Not the fucking part. JUST LIVING. WITH NO OBNOXIOUS SCREAMING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

Do i think she's bad? No. I'm pretty sure she's not a bad person. I don't have a fucking idea. I don't think she does it intentionally. Maybe sometimes she does, sometimes she doesn't. She generally seems nice though. But it doesn't change the fact that her screams put me into some sort of a flight or fight mode. And it's daily. Today i woke up to her and i couldn't sleep anymore. I'm projecting here my own train of thoughts but these sort of screams like obnoxious/weird like they're crazy make other people feel unwell bcs i heard some nieghbours sound totally exhausted.

And do i know how difficult it is to have something you can't stop do verbally with no choice? YES, I have OCD and due to stress lately when i dissassociate i freaking say my mental compulsion out loud. I have no choice of stopping it and it makes everyone uncomfortable/confused. But i'm still a bit grateful bcs my problem isn't loud, a person can barely hear it only if they're very attentive since mine is in the lower caps of whispering.

What sucks is complaining when someone is being affecting others make you seem like the mean one. Meanwhile i just think as reasonable human beings we should aim to be a bit more empathetic towards others? I mean if i keep my window open and i start screaming or doing loud noises in a way that signify ''i'm not feeling okay/i'm in danger/i'm mentally ill'' not in a MEMEISH way or doing random meme noises, then i can't act entitled or like i'm the victim when people just wanna tell me to STFU. I'm not talking about day to day conversations when you wanna be quirky ig and have fun, i'm talking when you scream or do such an obnoxious moan that it makes others very uncomfortable and you just DON'T stop bcs they feel entitled/victimized.

She is exhausting and doesn't want to change. She ruined many of my days as exaggerated as this sounds.

Problem is i don't know what to do. Now i feel so stressed and it can't go away.

Posted Jul 5, 2026, 12:31 PM UTC

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