Hi, not sure if this is the right place to post this, but thought it was the best place to start.
I have a new neighbour who has just moved in next door, a single man in his thirties. I am getting increasingly worried by his behaviour and am wondering if I need to be concerned about our safety.
He wakes my children up at 3, 4, 5 o clock in the morning, shouting and screaming...his language is foul...effing c**t, bar steward etc...really ranting. Then he goes downstairs and runs up and down his kitchen constantly. He punches walls, kicks doors...he tried to smash the side gate in the other day (we share a courtyard). He came around one evening to apologise for any shouting...he said he was ill, and that his medication has just been changed, and that he suffered from nightmares.
Then today, he started again, screaming and shouting. \I looked out of the window and he literally launched his dog across the garden where she sat cowering. He left her out in the rain, screeching at her that she was filthy, then picked her up by the neck, right up in the air, and took her indoors again. The afternoon has been quitter but he has been banging a lot.
Now...I want to report him but am scared of his reaction. He is clearly mentally ill, so I am worried about his reaction and I have to put my children's safety first.
Has anyone any idea what condition could be responsible? he screams at the dog then in a much more controlled voice he will start talking, saying it's all someone's fault and he doesn't know what to do...however he lives alone so he must be talking to himself - is he talking to voices in his head? Has he got multiple personality disorder?
I have every sympathy for people with mental illness, and this isn't a witch hunt, but I live alone with the kids and it does worry me as it seems to be escalating.