Am I a bad person to want to run for the hills?

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just a warning this is a MH related post, of quite a disturbing nature, it concerns as others so apologises for any vagueness in advance,
my neighbour had a severe episode the other day, I think a desperate cry for help was taken care of by responder and police, appears to be a mental breakdown very paranoid, ran out of medication etc.
She opened the door to a member of my family with a sharp object poking into them, which was wrestled off her. I think she was taken in but perhaps home now,
However, in the time my relative was waiting for her she admitted some acts of vandalism, odd things I asked her about if she'd seen anything etc , were all down to them done deliberately,
I can't go into detail but due to the way we live, people moving out etc at this time, no-one else other than this person had access, around this time other more disturbing things were happening, I told this person about hearing someone try my door, bang it at certain times of the day (afternoon when I took eldest to nursery) this went on for a month or so every single day, I was obviously unnerved and quite scared tbh, its scum galore round my area unfortunately, I asked this person several times about have they seen anybody , that I can hear a solid woody sound banging my door and id asked landlord etc, I got a complete story about how someone must be living next door, underneath how the landlords cousin must be etc, When I mentioned getting the police involved It magically stopped but It didn't occur at the time, this person is old enough to be my mother why would it?
However my relative all saw a large headed baseball bat in the living room which would of course make that kind of sound, whilst all this confessing was going on.
I have to assume based on the evidence that this was also down to them, I feel quite sick, I feel bad for this person but I also want to pick up my family and fucking run as far from this person as possible, that kind of deliberate scaring seems beyond the pale to me.

AIBU?

Your post isn't very coherent. Who did what now?

My eyes

Nope, sorry, you've lost me.

OP - are you feeling ok?

Sorry I'm trying to be vague , basically my neighbour in a suicidal/cry for help episode confessed to my OH that acts of vandalism that I had asked her about which were met with claims of ignorance, which I took at face value, she confessed it was all her all along, at the same time someone was deliberately frightening me systematically over about a month in my home at a time of day when I was alone with DS2 taking DS1 to Nursery, always the same time of day never at night etc, never when DH was in.
Its pretty apparent that was her too

I'm not sure how this makes you a bad person though? It's ok to be frightened by the actions of another person, even if they did the things that frightened you because they were ill.

Your neighbour is hopefully receiving support following their latest episode. Is it possible to find out whether they have a MH worker or care team or similar involved? I would try and discuss your concerns with somebody who is involved in their care so that they are aware of it.

If any strange occurrences are happening in the future keep a record of them and, if you suspect your neighbour is involved, try and inform the MH team or social worker supporting her. Hopefully your neighbour is getting the help she needs now but if she starts to become unwell again then any future attempts to scare you would be a huge indication she needs more help so I would be sure to try and let people know.

If you can't find out who her care/social worker is or if she doesn't have one perhaps phone 101 and say you are a neighbour to a person with severe MH needs, the police have been previously involved and you would like to discuss it with a police officer when possible because you are concerned that she has previously been frightening you. To be clear I'm not suggesting you report it to the police in a press chargers way, I wouldn't suggest trying to criminalise someone with MH needs. However it might be an idea to let the police know and ask what you should do if it happens again considering it could be a sign she needs more help. Presumably as they have been involved before they may be able to contact the relevant teams working with her.

thankyou for replies, I discussed with my OH and he agreed it seemed pretty blatant she was behind this too, I not really bothered about the vandalism obviously quite weird but other than that I'm not fussed, but this unnerved me, is it indeed because she is ill? or is this just a more unpleasant side to their personality manifesting, I do have experience my DF has MH issue, went missing once etc, I do have depression etc, but this is weird beyond words , feels personal if that makes sense.
I assume but don't know she was taken in, I think she's home now , we've not seen her.
I don't know how I would go about finding out without being overly intrusive. She must feel awful already.

Sorry answering, yes it rented, my LL is notoriously Shit, not really an option, we are looking to move soon, but this makes me just want to run.

I suppose I feel guilty because I don't want to add shame to her already bad situation.

I would absolutely ring 101 and ask to talk to someone. You want her behaviour on record so that if anything else happens you will be taken seriously.

She's unwell and I wouldn't take her past behaviour personally as I doubt that it was personal, just a manifestation of her illness.

Obviously, whatever happens in future I expect that you'll be keeping your distance as much as possible.

Ok I think I will good to get a record but dont want to a 'bitch' either, ive never experienced that level of monevelence before in MH maybe its more common than I realised.

Ok I think I will good to get a record but dont want to a 'bitch' either, ive never experienced that level of monevelence before in MH maybe its more common than I realised.