My brother is depressed. PLEASE help?!
Question: My brother is depressed!. PLEASE help!?
so, its basically only been recently,as in past couple of weeks, but my brother who is 17 usually has a pretty big appetite and is now eating barely any of his favorite foods!. he has flat out said tht he is depressed and stuff but refuses to talk to anyone about it!. i really don't know what to do, i feel really bad for him and i dont know the cause of it or anything!. my mom is also intervening way too much i feel like, and trying to punish him for this behavior by telling im she wont take him to his road test and stuff, but im trying to tell her theres no way punishment is the answer!. he's very stubborn!. i feel like if he passes his road test on june 10th it may lift his spirits!? but what if he's too depressed to even take it or something!. im just very worried and i dont know if i should let it run its course!. is it normal!? please help me im worried about him!. i am 15 btw
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Answers:
Please don't worry about your brother, he is in the final stage of what is called the "maturation process", growing into adult hood!. So very much going on in his mind right now!. He will be find!. He is truly blessed to have a sister like you!. You are dealing with so much on a personal level yourself now!. please take care of yourself!. It sounds like you also have a great mom, and her concern is normal, she loves you both very much and is confused about your brothers behavior, and is over reacting!.
Might be interesting to note, what we use to call the "blues", and write songs about, is now called "depression"!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Might be interesting to note, what we use to call the "blues", and write songs about, is now called "depression"!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I'm trying to help my sister through depression and it's really difficult sometimes!. I guess just being there for your brother if he ever needs to speak to you and being supportive about his goals, like the road test, is important!. Hope he starts feeling better soon!. Take care xoxoWww@Answer-Health@Com
tell him to talk to a friend or close family member!. depression can get worse if nothing is done!. they even have depression hotlines where you can just call and talk to some random person over the phone, try and google it if that would interest him!.!. maybe you could try and talk to him!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Try and talk to him about it even if he doesn't want to!. He thinks he doesn't need any help but deep inside he really does!. If you talk to him it will make him feel much better!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Sometimes when people are depressed they really need someone to talk to and they feel like they have no one to talk to!. A good thing to do is to make sure he knows your there for him if he needs you and also offer a chrisis line or something like that because the one thing you dont want to happen is for him to feel like it wont work out and have him commit suicide!. Also something that might help is to try and TALK to your mom ( for me thats always hard because she doesnt listen so i end up yelling even tho they listen more when you talk) about how if he feels depressed its probably better to be supportive rather than to punish him!.!.!.!.
I hope that helps
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I hope that helps
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I have suffered with seasonal depression, so I kind of know how your brother feels!. And sometimes it really feels like there's nothing you can possibly do to be happy!. You just become disinterested and literally feel dead inside!. It makes it worse when people get mad that you're upset, b/c you really can't help it!. I might have a talk with your mom, and tell her to just try to take it easy on your brother!. Fighting is just going to make him feel worse!. If he refuses to talk about it, don't try to make him!. Just be very patient, and love him no matter what!. The best thing that has helped me is to just get away for a few days on a vacation or short road trip just to escape for awhile!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
End his misery!. Kill him!.Www@Answer-Health@Com