My little bro had it real rough after entering puberty. He is 15yrs old. Very few friends. In my old home he used to hate the school and my parents noticed he was continually depressed at the end his 9th grade year. We moved to a new home, and a new school for him. At the beginning of his first year in this school he was depressed just like the old school, but recently, he has been coping pretty well. He managed to stay off the depressing thoughts in hanging out with me and playing his PS3. I take him with me when I go play soccer or for any kind of entertainment. All of a sudden, a shocking change in his behavior emerged. I noticed he's become extremely sensitive to sarcastic statements and unintended remarks. I took him to play soccer with me. My friends and I always joke when playing soccer, so he was playing fancy and we started mocking him. Later on in the game he hurt his leg and left, then when we were going home he freaked out at my friend. I took him home and spoke to him in the car. Next day he was good until we were driving home from a movie theater and he was speaking to my friend (whom I was taking home) and while they're talking I interrupted a few times to get the direction of his house, so my brother got so offended and was depressed because of that. When we got home he went outside and started crying, and when everyone's asleep he cries really hard in his room. Since then, he's been acting very very strange. He's been extremely paranoid and aggressive with high temper, thinking strangers want to kill him. He thinks everyone hates him and calls me a hypocrite. He also says all this happened because of me. He's been hitting my other little bro and making him cry. When outside, he stops the neighbors' kids from going in and out of the building we live in and gives them strange looks. My neighbor was going down the stairs and he said %26quot;let me see your fireworks%26quot; the kid gave it to him and he bit it and threw it down the stairs. When we were standing outside speaking to our neighbor's son, he called our neighbor's mom a %26quot;b*tch%26quot;. Another thing is he stares at me very strangely. My family and I were on the road and I told my dad something about the map, out of no where he laughs at me and tells me to go look in the mirror. He's never been this way, ever. My description might not reflect exactly how he is acting, because it's hard to type and it's intensity is worse than letters can explain. My mom didn't eat anything from last night and all of today and my father has been the same, they're also depressed and scared to death.
This behavior is so unusual and I've never seen him behave like this in my life. Can it be a case mental illness or a stage of extreme depression? Will he come back to normal? Should we speak to a psychologist? is there a specific name for this behavior?Brother acting strange...?
sounds like he hates the world because its been pretty shitty to him or let him down in some way. he just needs to be understood. you and your parents shouldn't try to CHANGE him or send him to a psychologist...just understand him and what he is feeling. hopefully after he voices himself and that you all can further compromise with eachother, then it will be better. it also sounds like he could have tried some drugs and is having mood swings/depression (just a possibility) good luck with your brotherBrother acting strange...?
heroine.Brother acting strange...?
He definitely needs psychiatric care. It is interfering with his life and with others' lives. He won't just get better.Brother acting strange...?
It seems to me that your brother is really depressed about something that is beyond the help of you and your family. I think it's a good idea for him to see a counselor. He is acting up and being mean to people because he is craving the attention. He may be bipolar. I strongly recommend him seeing a counselor then the counselor can find out weather he needs to be on meds then he will be refereed to a psychologist. Good luck to you and your family.Brother acting strange...?
parents need to act as soon as possible, and get him to a doctor. I have experienced this behavior with a family member, it is very scary and sooo confusing....all the bestBrother acting strange...?
either he's on drugs
or a type of syndrome?
maybe bi-polar? but that can be easily miss diagnosed... look it up and see if the symptoms fit...?Brother acting strange...?
sounds like a form of depression (obviously) and maybe a form of social anxiety disorder.
I suffer from both and while our (my and your brother's) actions dont match up, the symptoms do: general paranoia, easy agitation, emotionally unstable etc.
from my side, i always wanted people to be friendly to me, but at a comfortable distance, which meant that when i got close to friends, i would freak out, think theyre trying to pull something on me like set me up for something humiliating and then ignore them until things got comfortably cold between us.
this could be his way of achieving distance.
In any case, i would try to find a good psychologist and soon
