To put a long story short I’m living in their empty apartment they bought and renovated from scratch. They plan to retire in it eventually. The economy doesn’t let me move out.
The apartment has sound insulation issues. Not only that but the people living below me are literally evil and insane.
They hammer shit in the middle of the night and also imitate me. Like they always run the water when I take a shower, or they imitate my cats meowing or if I cough etc.
Whenever I mention any of this to my parents they gaslight me and tell me I’m insane and creating “imaginary problems that don’t exist”
They’ve even tried framing me multiple times and trying to make me into the scapegoat, complaining to management about the sounds they’re making and saying it’s me.
I’ve begged my parents to go to management about them cause they’re the owners of the apartment and they keep brushing me off.
I’m literally being psychologically tortured all day every single fucking day and all night.
I just don’t fucking understand how and why my own parents are so adamently trying to say I’m delusional and talking well about these people who are torturing me, just because those people are polite to my parents in the hallways.
Hey, I just wanted to say I’m really sorry you’re going through this—it sounds incredibly overwhelming and isolating. I can’t imagine how exhausting it must be to feel like no one is on your side or even willing to listen.
When things start to feel like they’re always connected or targeted at you, even if others don’t see it, it might be worth checking in with a doctor—just to rule out anything physical or mental that could be amplifying your stress. Stuff like sleep issues, environmental things (like carbon monoxide as already mentioned; there was another users whose dad went through super similar because of CO poisoning), or even long-term anxiety can really mess with our perspective sometimes.
That doesn’t mean your experience isn’t real or that people aren’t being awful—it just means it might help to have someone supportive and objective help you sort through it. You don’t deserve to feel like this alone.
Yikes
“here are some ways you can verify to those doubting you, with proof, that this is a real issue you’re going through”
“I can’t do those things and yikes”
Did you make this post just to complain, or are you looking for a solution? And the apartment might be under your parent’s name, but what’s stopping you from talking to management yourself? People are legitimately trying to help you, but everything you say makes it harder and harder for people to take you seriously.