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Hi WorriedSister
It's fantastic that you are reaching out to try and find help for your brother. Just speaks so highly for what kind of wonderful person you are.
It's a really tough situation, as I'm sure you're aware ... how to coax him to seek his own assistance?
You mentioned that he is not speaking to the family or about where he is living? This makes it even more difficult. Does that mean that you aren't sure where he is at the moment or that you aren't able to contact him? Did you meet up with him at Christmas time?
If you do know where he is, do you think he'd be ok if you went to visit him ... just for a short while? If this is possible, maybe over a lunch or a coffee, could you have a chat with him and let him know how concerned you are ... and at that stage, I'm sorry WorriedSister, but at that stage, it would be then to possibly broach the subject of whether he could get himself along to a possible GP visit? If he's half ok with that, perhaps you could offer to go along with him?
But honestly by the sound of it, maybe my last paragraph won't be any use, as he's a 40yo, who would be incredibly set in his ways ...
I'm kind of painted into a corner with this one ... it's a very difficult situation ... I hope there might be others out there who might be able to provide something of more use to you than I was able to.
Kind regards
Neil
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