Could my life be at risk at the hands of my narcissist/sociopath neighbor?

[barnett]

I am very concerned about something and really need someone to help answer my questions. I have been a target of an extreme adult bully living next to me for several years now. This family is very dysfunctional and displays extreme behaviors of jealousies and hatred. They are very good at hiding it from others and harass me when the opportunity comes and when nobody is looking or at night. They really hate me with a passion. Years ago I confronted them about their behavior. This was a big mistake. Ever since then they have made it their life to make me miserable. And the more I ignore them, the more persistent they become. I have learned over the years they have been very good at studying me and my daily routine. It is so hard to describe. They are very good at what they do... lying, scamming, scheming, trying to set me up, harass me or provoke me, trying to scare me, etc. They remind me of a con artist too. From all the research I have done, I really believe that the wife is a narcissist and the husband might be a sociopath. They both display extremely odd behavior and this has gotten them into trouble with the law. I had to call the police on them for trying to provoke me and by getting into my property. Because of this, the husband ended up making things worse and was trying to fight the police and was taken to jail. Now him and his family hate me even more and blame me for their legal problems. I have a good relationship with the other neighbors where I live. This makes my sociopath neighbor hate me even more. It seems even if I come out to check my mail, it bothers them. Just moving on with my life and ignoring them, bothers them. I was reading some more online information about Narcissists and Sociopaths. The information I came across was very unsettling. It mentioned that they are all capable of murder. I know that my neighbor hates me and views me as someone "in the way" because I have them figured out and I have a good relationship with the other neighbors. They blame me for the other neighbors withdrawing from them because of their behavior. My question is this... since simply ignoring them and moving on with my life upsets them and makes them hate me even more, making them more persistent at harassing me and trying to ruin me in someway... is my life at risk, since they obviously display no other option but to build on their own obsessive hatred for me to the point where they may become desperate and try to eliminate me in some way?

[trucker]

You snitched and called the cops on them. What did you think, they were going to be your best friends. In prison, you get shanked over $hit like that.

[vemados]

You are clearly living next to narcissistic sociopaths (they go hand-in-hand usually). You are spot on. Whether your life is in danger, I can't guess, but I can understand why you would be very concerned. You cannot know what to expect from twisted minds that don't think like the rest of us. They may not (or may) try to kill you, but there is no uncertainty that they will always make your life a living hell. These are the worst people to be on their "bad side". You cannot overestimate sociopaths. They like revenge, they take pleasure in it. Most people don't realize they are more common statistically than commonly thought - and you don't have to be a serial-killer to be a sociopath, but it sounds like you're well aware of that. Your situation sounds scary. I hate advising you to move, but I couldn't live with constant fear over what weird thing they might try. It just sounds more unpleasant than it's worth, but obviously I don't know what options are available to you. Maybe get a really good, overly protective dog. It might sound like I'm kidding, but these people could be capable of anything. Can you confidentially speak with police at the station to just voice your concerns?

[eilis]

well, that's a tricky one. You did good calling the police though. Perhaps move house? If not, have you spoken to your (friendly) neighbours about this? Or the police? Because i don't know what country your in, but here in the UK what they are doing is illegal. And as for the psychological assessment, narcissists aren't usually too dangerous, after all, everyone has one or two of the nine traits of narcissism, and i don't think one of the traits is to kill people. Socio-paths, on the other hand, can be dangerous. I would gather evidence, perhaps write what they do in a diary, take photos/videos of what they are doing and when you have a fair bit of evidence, go to the police.