cwby
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Hi. Haven't posted in awhile.
My neighbors have 4 dogs that live in this little 20x20 outdoor space. The live in the basement when no one is home, then come outside to their playpen until it is dark, and then are brought in. I have NEVER seen them taken for walks. There is a German Shepherd, a Pit Bull?, a Bull Dog, and a Chihuahua. And cats too. The dogs bark at me sometimes when I am outside - which drives me crazy, but at least the people bring the dogs in once it gets dark. Then I can go outside and have some peace and quiet, which I love. Still, I always feel like I'm being watched by these dogs. I know it's stupid, but...
Well, now it is Sept. 13th and ALREADY we have an inflatable Halloween castle next door. It appeared last night when my wife was at Bible Study and I was giving the kids a bath. I think the neighbors watch to see when we are doing other stuff. Fortunately, the castle isn't all lit up with floodlights, but it still makes that annoying vacuum cleaner noise. C'mon, people. Can't you wait a few more weeks to put up your junk? I can hardly wait for Christmas! (And if you people are trying to get me involved in some kind of decorating war, forget it. It isn't happening).
Let me back up. I'm an HSP. I'm sensitive to dogs barking, lighted decorations, basically anything different or stimulating to my senses that is sudden, loud, or that represents change. I'm learning how to cope with all of this, thanks to a poster here and Dr. Neff's great book.
Why am I posting this? Just wondering if any of you have this kind of experience of having the neighbors do something or change something in their yard and having it send you over the deep end? Not really over the deep end, but I have lost sleep over stuff like this in the past - like I said, I'm learning to cope, but I have a long way to go.
I don't talk to these people. Not that they're bad people; I just got off on the wrong foot with them (I think some of my previous posts talked about this). I'm afraid of trying to be friendly for fear of them thinking I'm weird or just being grouchy.
My neighbors have 4 dogs that live in this little 20x20 outdoor space. The live in the basement when no one is home, then come outside to their playpen until it is dark, and then are brought in. I have NEVER seen them taken for walks. There is a German Shepherd, a Pit Bull?, a Bull Dog, and a Chihuahua. And cats too. The dogs bark at me sometimes when I am outside - which drives me crazy, but at least the people bring the dogs in once it gets dark. Then I can go outside and have some peace and quiet, which I love. Still, I always feel like I'm being watched by these dogs. I know it's stupid, but...
Well, now it is Sept. 13th and ALREADY we have an inflatable Halloween castle next door. It appeared last night when my wife was at Bible Study and I was giving the kids a bath. I think the neighbors watch to see when we are doing other stuff. Fortunately, the castle isn't all lit up with floodlights, but it still makes that annoying vacuum cleaner noise. C'mon, people. Can't you wait a few more weeks to put up your junk? I can hardly wait for Christmas! (And if you people are trying to get me involved in some kind of decorating war, forget it. It isn't happening).
Let me back up. I'm an HSP. I'm sensitive to dogs barking, lighted decorations, basically anything different or stimulating to my senses that is sudden, loud, or that represents change. I'm learning how to cope with all of this, thanks to a poster here and Dr. Neff's great book.
Why am I posting this? Just wondering if any of you have this kind of experience of having the neighbors do something or change something in their yard and having it send you over the deep end? Not really over the deep end, but I have lost sleep over stuff like this in the past - like I said, I'm learning to cope, but I have a long way to go.
I don't talk to these people. Not that they're bad people; I just got off on the wrong foot with them (I think some of my previous posts talked about this). I'm afraid of trying to be friendly for fear of them thinking I'm weird or just being grouchy.
