Trying not to let things get to me.

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An hour or two ago now I was having some time to myself, when I hear some loud crying, and because I initially thought it was in my mom's accent, I got up. I located the sound to outside and opened the window, then shouted out into the dark. It was in my neighbours' yard, who moved in about a year ago, though I've never seen them (we met up with them soon after they moved in, but I was nearing a meltdown at the time and decided it was best to get some sleep).
I got some odd, disjointed replies back from the male voice that replied. I asked if I should interfere and received a "f**k OFF!" back, to which I replied "Cheers!" and retired behind the window and redrew the curtains.

But I dunno'. I'm awake now with concerns as to what's gone on nextdoor between a raging bloke and a weeping woman, and can't give any innocent assumptions. I hope she's safe and that he's kicked in the balls, but I digress.

Whenever something like this happens, I focus on making sure I don't take these things personally. Logically, cretins like him (and they're usually men) aren't aiming it at me in particular, but the universe. Everyone who has made their life as unenlightened as it has become to that date. Yet I'm still hung up, feel uneasy, and essentially I feel like it's gotten to me. When I am abused in public for how I appear, or because I am short making me seem an easy target for small-penis'd rage, I let it get to me. Is there any way of getting rid of this train of thought?

Perhaps you would feel better if you informed the authorities about the abuse situation. Perhaps then the man will be behind bars for a while. He seems too crazy to do anything to you back.

Can barely remember his accent and didn't see him through the trees, yet alone know what he was doing. It may have been (probably best case scenario actually), a loud break-up (as in, relations). At the end of the day, unless I find something in the local paper reporting abuse in my village all he's done is yelled "f**k off!" to me, which authorities won't really take too seriously, as they always like to think they're onto bigger things. The bureaucracy of it all just can cause more stress than its worth, even with theft, I've found. Thanks though.

you can merely offer an anonymous tip that there may be domestic abuse occurring because you heard loud fighting and crying and that someone should do a follow up.

I think I do as a façade. Just get quite worked up on the inside.

And I'll bring up the issue whenever I see it appropriate with my parents. Ask them about the chances of it being domestic abuse, and seeing if anything can be made out of it. Could be my very own Curious Incident.