u/Crazy_Story_5335

Edit one: I put up six foot fencing on my side using a landscaper. The landscaper said it wasn't needed, but its still possible. Not sure what to call the things other than "the other side".

Edit 2: Apologies for not being clearer, my house is social housing too, that's what I meant by "all social housing".

My house (number 7) is located in the middle of a row of terraced houses (all social housing). Last year, I began experiencing isuses with my neighbours (6 and 8) as they would talk to each other over the fence and would used the shared wall (not owned by us or our social housing) to climb on and go into each others houses, they had to walk across my part to enter and I became concerned about liability.

Both neighbours had fencing installed on their sides of each fence and I had the back facing part on both sides. I put up six foot fencing on both sides of my garden and some protective panelling on the wall (with permission from the owner) to stop neighbours walking across my section.

I have come home from work and all my fencing has been removed and replaced by 4ft fencing installed. Not only that, but the safety thing I had on the wall has been removed. I've got CCTV footage to show its them, I've seen some pannells are also damaged. What are my legal rights? I'm feeling discombobulated. I had no notice from the neighbours, I don't know what my rights are.

This is a bit of an OCD/digital minimalism post, sorry for the cross over.

I (25F) have lived with OCD since I was 11 or 12 years old, but I was diagnosed at 14. I know the root cause is peer pressure, I wanted to fit in with my classmates and joined social media sites, which became part of my OCD compulsion routine (my OCD is quite complicated). Since joining social media, my OCD progressed to checking my emails 75+ times a day and I did this because I was worried I might miss something important, or someone might be in danger and I couldn't get to them in time.

Two days ago, I "lost" my phone. It's not lost, its just under my sofa and I couldn't be asked to pick it up. However, I have noticed my OCD has been non-existent. I haven't dreamt of fake scenarios, I haven't felt compelled to check my phone and honestly? It's been the greatest two days of my life. I know people, including Digital Minimalists will say to me "you need a healthy balance", but I think the best thing for me right now is to continue having time offline.

If you live without a smartphone, how do you stay in touch with friends and family? I have a landline and a brick phone, but my family and friends aren't that supportive of me staying offline, even though they know I have OCD. How do you balance staying touch without a smartphone or even if you just have a physical phone?

I grew up poor and grew up with nothing. We had no flooring, no possessions, no nothing. I worked hard at school, went to university and shortly after graduating got my first job with a decent salary. I spent my 20s making up for what I didn't have in my childhood and began collecting things, a lot of things. I'm not in debt, financially comfortable, but I feel overwhelmed when I come home from work and think its due to the amount of belongings I have in my home. Its not the item per se, its the monetrary value of the item I've spent on it. For a ridiculous example, say I brought an xbox for £220.00, the xbox I do not care for, but the value I do. How do I deal with letting go of this issue? How did you deal with it when you began a minimalist journey?