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Bobrosspetrat
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Support/advice to help my little brother battling severe anxiety and depression
Depression Support / by Bobrosspetrat
Last post
 January 28th, 2022
...See more Mediation doesn't work. Therapy doesn't seem to be a good fit. He exercises but still feels bad. Our parents don't believe in medication. But my little brother is fourteen-years-old and hasn't been a "normal" kid in years. When he was eleven (yes. Eleven), he tried to end his own life due to anxious, intrusive thoughts and this year I begged my parents to get him therapy. He hates going out into crowds, loud sounds frighten him, lights blind him and with every person who passes, he thinks they are staring at him, judging him, and it sends threads of terror running through him. Night terrors are next. He wakes up in a panic but saying that is an understatement. He's covered in beads of sweat, saying he's going to di3. It takes hours for me or my dad to calm him down and he gets very little sleep. He has no friends. I feel so guilty for not helping him because I feel as though that's my job as his big brother. I want to support him and possibly help him sleep, feel better in public and not think he is horrible. I dont know what to do.
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Support/advice on how to help my brother battle his demons.
Anxiety Support / by Bobrosspetrat
Last post
 January 27th, 2022
...See more Mediation doesn't work. Therapy doesn't seem to be a good fit. He exercises but still feels bad. Our parents don't believe in medication. But my little brother is fourteen-years-old and hasn't been a "normal" kid in years. When he was eleven (yes. Eleven), he tried to end his own life due to anxious, intrusive thoughts and this year I begged my parents to get him therapy. He hates going out into crowds, loud sounds frighten him, lights blind him and with every person who passes, he thinks they are staring at him, judging him, and it sends threads of terror running through him. Night terrors are next. He wakes up in a panic but saying that is an understatement. He's covered in beads of sweat, saying he's going to Di3. It takes hours for me or my dad to calm him down and he gets very little sleep. He has no friends. I feel so guilty for not helping him because I feel as though that's my job as his big brother. I want to support him and possibly help him sleep, feel better in public and not think he is horrible. I dont know what to do.
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