worried about my little bro

ok,so me and my little bro are 6 years apart. I love him to death,but recemtly,I’ve been depressed,I’ve had problems with cutting,and thoughts of suicide,but then all my friends say,”what would Dylan think if you did that?” and honestly,I don’t know because my parents won’t tell him about any of this around him. I know this is waaay beyond his level of maturity,but I think he deserves to know. I don’t want to tell him,but I think he should at least know that I’m having problems because wenevr we leave to go to a psychiatrist,he asks where we’re going and my parents ignore him. It doesn’t feel right to keep stuff from him. Even though I know he doesn’t know what cutting is. But he know’s more than he should about sex and stuff thanx to youtube. but anywayz,I want him to know I’m having problems,but I don’t want to scare him. What do I do?

Answer #1

you should just t3ll him hey you know im goiung to the doctors because (fill in space) but it depends on how old he is to expain ALL the details. since you love him and feel bad that he doesnt know, you should tell him and I don’t know aythin bout depression but maybe you can use your brother as a positive thing to stop cutting and beiung depressed.

bottomline-you should tell him snce he knows other stuff. tell him not to be scared youre doing a lot better

Answer #2

wow!! I can’t say it any better than what angelcute has said!! she has trully said it all! honestly, don’t get into too much detail of what your situation is all about to your younger brother, cause you really don’t want to effect him in any way! instead look at him worrying about you, as a way of giving you strenght to recover from the pain and stress your feeling!! - be strong hon!

Answer #3

you should forget about the suicide thing. cause that’ll make things worst. and do you want your parents, friends, realtives, and especially your brother, to be sad when you’re going to be dead? as long as you have your family around you, there’s still hope.

Answer #4

telling your little brother that you need help from a doctor is simple as that. on the other hand, telling yourself to stop thinking about killing yourself is not easy at all. humans experience all kinds of problems. what makes us different from animals is rational thinking. we use our minds to solve almost every problems that we encounter. seeking the help from a psychiatrist is the second step. seeking God in your life should be the first step. the reason you are depressed is so simple… you lost all your hopes!! I’m sure your brother is looking up to you. be strong for your brother and your family.

Answer #5

So he is around seven years old. I think I’d just try to explain to him that just like when a person gets sick or breaks an arm, they go to a physician type doctor to get fixed up, well sometimes some of us get sick or disorganized in our brains and need to go to a psychiatrist type doctor to get fixed up. It sometimes takes lots of visits with the doctor but eventually we get well.

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