I'm about to go off.

Edit:: I have been extremely sympathetic to his issues for a very long time as have the rest of my family.. encouraged him, helped him with things, etc. there was a point that I started to see through some it, though, and nobody believed me until recently. Then they were like, "Oh, ya I see that now, you were right" and I'm sitting here like "Told you." 😑 I'm really not trying to be insensitive to the fact that he does have issues because yes they're difficult (I struggle with anxiety and depression as well as my mom).

My brother has issues (anxiety, depression, now they're saying bipolar?). He's had issues his entire life but has been allowed to take advantage of them and been given passes for things that had nothing to do with his issues. So now at 19 yrs old he is used to using people, manipulate to get what he wants, threatens suicide if he doesn't get his way over STUPID things like not getting to have a house key because he brings random drugee people into my parents house. He constantly plays the victim and won't take responsibility for ANYTHING, has injured his knee and re-injured it 3 times and had to have surgery because he refused to do what the doctor said about letting it heal, he gets high all the time (originally given weed medically to help with his issues) but since he's abusing it instead of just taking the correct doses, my parents have stopped supplying it for him. He threatened to move out and is telling people that he's gonna be homeless making people feel sorry for him when it's his own damn fault! They didn't kick him out. He was given the opportunity to work, even had help from an agency that would place him and he told them he didn't want to work. He left a couple months ago and didn't come home for a week on his own accord, and keeps referring to that as him being homeless. I'm so tired of keeping my mouth shut. My parents have always told me he doesn't need me to say anything that he just needs support. No. He needs a reality check. He is ruining my parents life and marriage because of all this, and the rest of my family doesn't want him around because he's such a negative influence now. For years they have given him as much help medically possible with psychiatrists and psychologists and evaluations, all kinds of things and thousands and thousands of dollars have been spent out of pocket to give him EVERY opportunity to be successful. My pregnancy has given me the amazing gift of not giving a rats ass about what I say or who hears it and he is very soon going to be in my line of fire. 😡😡😡😡 and for the record I personally know people who are bipolar and have other issues who don't act like this and are working, creating lives for themselves that are fruitful, so I know most of his actions are choice. I lived with him for almost 20 years and still see him often.