I know that there is very little I can do to help him, but my brother’s MH issues are breaking my family apart, and breaking my heart.
He has never been diagnosed with anything, because he has no insight into his own problems. He thinks that the rest of the world is the problem. He would never go to the doctor for help.
When we lived together as children/teenagers he displayed symptoms of OCD. He always struggled at school, and with any kind of authority.
He hasn’t had a job for years, and phones me a couple of times a week to tell me what an awful person I am, and lists all the things I have done wrong over the years. He shouts and screams at me, and slams the phone down, and then continues his tirade by text. He very much sees himself as the victim. He does the same thing to my other siblings and our mum, who is in her late 70s.
I know that he struggles from intrusive thoughts, and he often talks to himself. I think he also has extreme paranoia.
Every time I speak to him, I think that maybe, this time, I will be able to say the right thing to be able to help him, but I can’t. He is now threatening to cut all contact, because I won’t apologise for all the wrong things that I have done since we were children. My mum is distressed.
I am not sure why I am posting this really. I am not expecting anyone to be able to help. It is just helpful to write it out.