17 May 2023 , 16:34
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When it comes to neighbours, they will either be your best friends or the sort of people whose every little move annoys you and makes your life more difficult.
One woman has claimed to be living next door to the latter sort, but it's not the people, it's their dogs that are causing issues for her.
The unnamed woman has explained that her neighbour has five dogs and they are always out in the garden barking and the noise gets worse when she goes into her own garden.
Taking to Mumsnet, in a post that has since been removed, the woman shared how she'd tried to tell the couple several times about the "massive impact" the barking was having on her and even wrote a very clear letter about it as she feels her mental health is "shot", with her having panic attacks and having to try antidepressants.
The neighbour's dogs bark so loud (stock photo) (Getty Images/iStockphoto)Her heartbreaking post read: "I haven't eaten properly in about a week, I have a panic attack whenever I hear them barking. I'm actually moving into an Airbnb tomorrow because I can't be in our house anymore.
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"Tried two different antidepressants, and they don't help. I'm not even sure it's a good idea to take them when there's a specific and obvious cause of the depression/anxiety.
"At the moment, the solution we're looking at is for me to literally move out and just come home to cook meals and spend a couple of hours with DS each evening. Which is just ridiculous. Help?"
She added that because of all this, she could no longer "bear to be in the house".
Dozens of people have responded to the post, sharing thoughts and advice for the woman.
One person said: "If the dogs' behaviour is continuing, speak to your local dog warden, or your local councillor. Our dog warden jumps on that pretty quickly so you may get support. If the issue has stopped and it is purely your anxiety which makes you want to move, consider CBT or counselling to help you get past this.
"Moving out seems drastic and not really addressing the problem - it could go on indefinitely. Hope you feel better."
Another replied: "Unfortunately, I would say (from experience) your only option is to move. Also from experience, I would say council involvement will be a useless waste of your time and mental energy. We moved and it was definitely the right thing to do for us."
A third posted: "This must be awful for you. I have noise sensitivity so completely relate."
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