My brother is 16 ans had a pretty traumatic childhood leading to social anxiety and him being homeschooled. He currently have 3 friends he met online through video games because he plays 24/7, and thats about it. He did mention before how bored he is sometimes. For additional context, my brother had adhd and had an Oppositional Defiant Disorder. The issue is, a part of his trauma wasnt only at school but also at home. There were times when he f* uped pretty bad and got scolded severely, which was deserved, but he internalized it as a trauma, which made situations at home that were pretty complicated. Now, when disagreements occur, even for the most minor issue, he gets very worked up and mentions past situations that traumatised him and its clear that he isnt entirely over it even thought homeschooling him helped improve his mental health tremendously. Today, we had a minor fight over something ridiculous and it took such proportions on his part that he got very mad, started insulting us out of nowhere and threatened to k1ll himself. I can clearly see that, although he worked on himself, there are still a lot of things he is angry about, and his control of himself is limited, though better than it used to be. So my question for you is, what do you tink could help him ? He refuses to go to therapy, he refuses to go back to school, he refuses to talk calmy about it, and he spends less and less time with us. We used to always play board games on sunday afternoons, and always eat together even after the hard phase we went through, and it’s been around 8 months since he almost completely stopped to play board games. When it comes to dinners, I know its because he is playing or calling his friends, but about board games, it seems like he just doesnt want to be spending time with us, and nothing triggered that. I am aware he is a teenager, angry, mad at the world, mad at himself, sad, lost, and confused, but I am scared for his mental health. I am scared he is going to ignore it or even just drawn himself playing video games instead of talking to a therapist because he sort of needs it. Playing video games aint a problem, but drawning yourself in it is. I am pretty sure a lot of you guys have done it before, so I am asking for help and advice as a worried big sister. submitted by /u/ad_3007
Originally posted by u/ad_3007 on r/AskMen
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