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Subject Weird behavior from the neighbor

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in plumbing terms, the knocking you hear is called "water hammer" you can google it...........i wouldnt worry too much about all the other things going on it makes life more interesting.
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It isn't plumming related. I clearly hear someone banging on the floor or knocking on the walls. Also that someone starts rinsing (flushing?) with water almost as soon as i enter the bathroom. It's no mechanical thing. The intensity of the flushing increases sometimes.

It is someone doing it. Ok, it could seem lile I'm the one who is insane. Surely, if I would be hallucinating I would hear something more interesting than these silly and boring things.

On thing is clear... The person doing it can't be sane. No sane person, not for any reason would keep doing this for so long.

Also I hear NOTHING from my neighbors downstars. If I were to act like some nutjob because of them I would deserve to be shot. Now, the person upstairs can hardly hear more than I hear from downstairs.

So what do you make of this madness?
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Ask a friend to go upstairs and listen by the door.
Co ordinate an exact time  that you will go into the bathroom. 
 Then see if the friend hears activity from the apartment at the same time. You will at least know if it is purposeful. If it is not then we will have to figure out something else. If it is, you will need to figure out how to prove it or move.
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Isn't it overkill to move because of a thing like this? Ok, it seems very weird to me but whomever doing it isn't really doing anything wrong.

I would just like to know what could motivate this kind of behavior?
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Original Message Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated.

This started for more than 2.5 years ago. To make the story short, whenever I use the faucet in the bathroom someone else starts doing the same thing. The person even starts as soon as I enter the bathroom sometimes. Sometimes this is accompanied by bangings in the floor, knockings.

One time more than 2 years ago (after this had been going on for quite some time) I heard someone shout what sounded like "drink in the kitchen dammit!". Then I decided to call the upstairs neighbor. He said it was none of his business, that he had no right to complain and that my rinsing with water didn't disturb him at all.

At the time I also mentioned I have OCD. This to explain why I wash a little more than usual. After this someone started putting shit on my bike. Not sure there's a connection.

Also directly after this the flushing could be heard again. This even if I tried to make as little noise as possible.

Since then its been over 2 years and it still continues.

I can't be sure it comes from the neighbor above but one time he told me (without me asking) that the knocking could be his dog banging a bowl in the floor.

I've also asked several times after if it disturbs him. He's always said no. Still someone starts this flushing when I'm in the toilet several times a day. This also happens in the daytime.

So I'm not sure it comes from upstairs even if it prolly does. Also it can't have anything to do with the pipes. It's irregular and increases on occasion. Sometimes accompanied by other noises as I wrote.

So what the hell could be the purpose behind this? I have my theories but I've come to the conclusion no sane person would keep doing this for so long. I try not to let it get to me but it's hard especially since I have OCD.

What are your thoughts about this?

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