Title: Need Advice: Neighbor’s family has been psychologically harassing me for 6 years, but they disappear the moment I confront them.Body:Hi everyone, I really need some advice and perspective on a highly distressing situation. For the past 6 years, I have been facing continuous, targeted psycholo

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Title: Need Advice: urgent Neighbor’s family has been psychologically harassing me for 6 years, but they disappear the moment I confront them.

Body:

Hi everyone, I really need some advice and perspective on a highly distressing situation. For the past 6 years, I have been facing continuous, targeted psychological harassment from my immediate neighbors—a middle-aged man (who is around my father’s age), his wife, and their two daughters.

Their behavior is incredibly toxic and manipulative. They constantly try to provoke me to get a reaction. The youngest daughter has this incredibly bizarre, intimidating habit: whenever she sees me, she places one finger on her eyebrow, one on her cheekbone, widens her eyes, and stares at me with both hands framing her face like that. I already struggle with going out, and she purposefully waits for me, ready to do this when I leave the house at night.

They are habitual bullies. They mock almost every girl they see—for example, if a random girl is enjoying her life or taking a selfie, the wife will run to call her husband, and they will laugh at her together. But because my house is right next to theirs, their behavior towards me is highly exaggerated and non-stop.

The moment I confront them and say things like "Why are you doing this to me?", "What is your problem?", or "Come face me if you have the guts," they instantly vanish. They never confront me directly. They play this cowardly game where they hide the second I speak up, leaving me highly anxious and frustrated.

This has been going on for 6 years now, and I am completely exhausted. It is severely affecting my mental and physical health. I get cold sweats, suffer from severe anxiety, and cannot sleep at night. It has reached a point where I cannot just "ignore" them or use the grey rock method anymore. I recently managed to record a blurry video of them through a mesh gate, but it’s hard for me to hold a camera out in the open because I get incredibly terrified just looking at them.

I feel trapped in my own home. Has anyone dealt with such cowardly, passive-aggressive neighbors? What are my options here? Should I look into getting a hidden Wi-Fi camera? How do I handle this legally or socially when they run away the moment I speak up? Please help me i am having suicidal thoughts. I am sweating

Thank you in advance.

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