I was instructed to start a new thread. I hope you all can give me some advice.
My brother had a mental break down last year, March 2011, he was 26. He made up lies and blamed my mother for things she never did and brought my sister into the kitchen and told her he wanted to kill himself. He also told my parents he wanted them to be dead,hung to be exact. It was horrible living with him. My Parents have only done whats best for him his whole life so you can imagine how upset they were. He had the mental breakdown as far as I know, it was due to stress as he was in a stressful course in college and couldn't handle it. He has dabbled in drugs though, i don't know what kinds but it was when he was 16/17. Now it's a year later. He's living in another country but he's just the same. He's got crazy theories about life and religion. He thinks he is smarter than everyone else and it just makes me mad. I get so mad sometimes about it all but then i find myself crying because of it. He was on medication but he stopped taking it. My parents don't want him to take it again because they think the tablets are damaging his physical health. He also believes he doesn't need them. He is living in another country as I've said but he is living off his girlfriend who he had before the breakdown. He refuses to work as he doesnt believe in work/money so his girlfriend is paying all the bills while he sits at home meditating. He expects my parents to give him money any time he wants and never says thank you. His mental state now a year later is just as bad as it was when he had the breakdown first.
As for some backround info, I'm from Ireland so I don't think that Nami organisation is possible. There doesn't seem to be a lot of services here for him. I just want my old brother back. The doctors say the same thing every time "take the medication". My view on it all is to place him in some sort of institution just for 2months tops just so hes surrounded by positive attitude and people who can help him. My dad said he was in one of those (when my brother had the breakdown first this is where he went to as he recognized something wasn't right) and it's a horrible place to be but if it can help him i've the opinion you have to be creul to be kind you know? My mum thinks he just needs the right break, a job, and he'll be fine. Is that not an awful naive way to think no? I don't know. I'm eighteen i shouldn't be dealing with this sort of thing when I'm doing my final exams in school. I just want him to get better. Ideas?
My brother had a mental break down last year, March 2011, he was 26. He made up lies and blamed my mother for things she never did and brought my sister into the kitchen and told her he wanted to kill himself. He also told my parents he wanted them to be dead,hung to be exact. It was horrible living with him. My Parents have only done whats best for him his whole life so you can imagine how upset they were. He had the mental breakdown as far as I know, it was due to stress as he was in a stressful course in college and couldn't handle it. He has dabbled in drugs though, i don't know what kinds but it was when he was 16/17. Now it's a year later. He's living in another country but he's just the same. He's got crazy theories about life and religion. He thinks he is smarter than everyone else and it just makes me mad. I get so mad sometimes about it all but then i find myself crying because of it. He was on medication but he stopped taking it. My parents don't want him to take it again because they think the tablets are damaging his physical health. He also believes he doesn't need them. He is living in another country as I've said but he is living off his girlfriend who he had before the breakdown. He refuses to work as he doesnt believe in work/money so his girlfriend is paying all the bills while he sits at home meditating. He expects my parents to give him money any time he wants and never says thank you. His mental state now a year later is just as bad as it was when he had the breakdown first.
As for some backround info, I'm from Ireland so I don't think that Nami organisation is possible. There doesn't seem to be a lot of services here for him. I just want my old brother back. The doctors say the same thing every time "take the medication". My view on it all is to place him in some sort of institution just for 2months tops just so hes surrounded by positive attitude and people who can help him. My dad said he was in one of those (when my brother had the breakdown first this is where he went to as he recognized something wasn't right) and it's a horrible place to be but if it can help him i've the opinion you have to be creul to be kind you know? My mum thinks he just needs the right break, a job, and he'll be fine. Is that not an awful naive way to think no? I don't know. I'm eighteen i shouldn't be dealing with this sort of thing when I'm doing my final exams in school. I just want him to get better. Ideas?
