Ever since the beggining of the year, my next door flatmate has been playing loud music on speakers nearly all the time she’s in. I can’t study or sleep because of this. I have told her to keep it down and carefully explained to her that the walls are thin and the noise is loud, and I have many assignments to do. At first she said okay, but a few days later, she was back at it again. I can’t recall how many times ive texted her on the group chat that I can’t sleep, but after a few times she just did not care anymore. I have asked the school accomodation services about what I can do about this, and they told me to call security every time I’m being disrupted. So, I’ve called the security on her, and guess what? The next day, she was being loud again. At that point, I thought that she’s purposefully doing this to disturb me. She had been blasting music for hours and it was 11PM, and I had to get up early. I called the security once again. I knew that calling security the day after would create even bigger tension and I’m pretty sure she’s really mad right now.
I feel out of place in my dorm room, and I feel dread seeing her anywhere. Unfortunately there is no other place I can go because I am an international student. I have to spend most of the time in my dorm to complete my assignments, and this problem has taken a toll on my mental health.
On the other hand, I always distrust myself and think that I am making too big of a deal out of this, that it’s just music, but unfortunately I am sensetive to sound. Especially when I am tired after a long day. My ears are bruised from sleeping with earplugs every day, and earplugs don’t even properly cancel out the noise.
Another part of me is annoyed at her because of how disrespectful she’s been towards me, and how she’s turned this into her own ego problem of never apologising and never minding me to show that she can do whatever she wants.
In the end, I just don’t want to keep dealing with people like this, and wish the uni supported me more, so that it would not come to this point of unpleasantness.