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gladiator4good · Jan 20, 2008, 09:24 PM

How do u help someone that dose not think there is anything wrong with them?? Everyone in our family thinks he`ll just get better... but it`s just getting worse!! I use to be the only one my brother trusted, but now he won't even talk to me:( ///I love him and would never be able to forgive myself if anything bad ever happens to him... HElp me to help Anthony

N0help4u · Jan 20, 2008, 09:28 PM

Unfortunately often families want to stay in denial over things like this.
How old are you? Are you old enough that you could make an appointment to speak to a psychiatrist about him? Even if the family won't take him, the psychiatrist might be able to talk to you about coping with his issues.
Why won't he talk to you? Is he too depressed or paranoid?

gladiator4good · Jan 20, 2008, 09:52 PM

He thinks we are all against him... he told me one day that my mom and I tried to have him killed/HE THINKS HE IS someone else//uhhhmmm my mom kidnapped him when he was two, he owns my sisters house.. the list goses on... he is really bad and dose not come out of his room when he gets home from work... it`s weird because he works.. I think he dose good there.. but when he comes home.. thats when it worst... he doesn't talk to any of his friends anymore, and the only family members he talks to are my mom and I... what little he dose!!

N0help4u · Jan 20, 2008, 10:07 PM

I had a step brother in law named Anthony that had the same problems and he worked too.
I never understood how he managed. He got really bad. Your mom needs to get him help before he is gets too bad.
He sounds like he could be paranoid, even possibly schizophrenic, and he really needs a psychologist but there really isn't much that can be done if he and your mom refuse to find him help.

gladiator4good · Jan 20, 2008, 10:16 PM

Sounds like all I can do is pray for him... its just really hard to see someone u have grown up with and love go threw this:( He`s my only brother.. my baby brother!!

peggyhill · Jan 24, 2008, 01:39 PM

I'm so sorry your family is going through this. It does sound like some kind of mental illness, there is definitely some paranoia there. I had a schizophrenic friend, and he acted a lot like that when things started to get bad.

I think NOhelp4u makes a great point about talking to a psychiatrist. Even if you can't get your brother to go, it will help you understand what is going on and help you deal with the stress that I'm sure this is causing.

Unfortunately, there isn't a whole lot you can do when the person doesn't think that they need help. If he says anything about hurting himself or others, then you and your mom can go talk to the police/hospital, and see if they can get him in for a 72-hour hospital stay to diagnose what is wrong. But you can only do that if the person says they are going to hurt themselves or others. I know a lady who had to do that with her son because he was cutting himself and wrote her a letter about how he wanted to kill himself.

Absolutely keep praying for him. Tell him how much you love him and give him lots of hugs. You might feel better talking to your pastor/rabbi , etc. about this whole thing too. Those people are always here to help.

gladiator4good · Jan 26, 2008, 05:43 PM

Thank you Peggy Hill!!