How can I help my brother miserable? (Mental Health) - PLEASE answer? My brother is in his late 50s and he really needs help, but I do not know how to help. There must be something I can do for him.
I am almost certain that he has OCD, he has so many questions that I can not list them all but name a few, he said "he Crowns and fibromyalgia and several other problems health. He blames everything on his health. It is very paraniod and spends money on uneccesary points "in case", he withdrew from everyone and went on me every time I try to ask questions such as "How to work". It will not take suggestions, even in the area in which I am an expert. It may or may not have a job, I do not know because I get conflicting information and it does tell me. He has few people he talks about everything and withdraw them. It was well over his life and his obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety does run in families, but it continues to worsen. It is so easy to disturb, I could not believe that seeking help in mental health. The worst is that he has no idea that there is nothing wrong with him, he has no idea he has OCD, he is in total denial and never treatment. Did I mention he was an advisor? What is bad for many reasons, but also because it makes him think he is an expert in mental health, when in reality it is one that needs advice!
MY QUESTIONS: Is it that I could contact to get him some help? Do you know any website that could help me? Is what I can do for him? Is it possible that I can get help from an outside agency?
Look in local yellow pages for hotlines for crisis lines or pages of the community mental health care. Talk to the hotline counselors on all your concerns and see if they can recommend to help local communities for you and your brother. Thus, if you know the doctor to call your brother and tell him what is happening. Do not let the Stonewall receptionist will HIPAA rules or a quote for you. You are legally authorized to talk to your doctor about your concerns. You can even send a letter from his doctor and also call the hotline for help.
yes, go to www.nami.org and there are many different types of groups, programs, support groups, education classes.
one is called a family to, www.nami.org/f2f would be invaluable to you
Check www.nami.org / connection would be invaluable to your brother. check it out. they are everywhere. Hope this helps.
Do you think he might want to heal and that the best way to help is to leave him alone and let him go ahead. That if your real motivation is to let him serve and succeed in doing so.
You may not realize, but it looks like a lot to do more harm than good.
Take a good look. You have no idea what it is like to live in his body, but you doubt his symptoms. You doubt and concentrate on all his weaknesses and to say nothing of its forces - which is attack, but you are looking for help for him. The question your intentions and the spirit of your own garden before you help others.
You call yourself an expert you know what that means?
Search for the word altruism and you're on the right track if you leave him alone.
Posted on February 25, 2010.