So my brother stays in his room all day with the door shut (unless we remove it, which we did for a short while), and he often sleeps during the day, only to wake up at night and play more games. He fights with my mom (dunno about my dad), who are divorced and live in different houses. Because he stays up all night playing games, he usually skips school on Mondays, and occasionally some other days.
This morning he was getting yelled at again for being in the shower/bath 10 minutes before we had to go, and when we did have to go to school, he cried behind the curtains after my mom suggested it was just another fake sickness.
Skip time, I get home, and apparently my mom had a tough day. After we left the house, he:
-> put all the dishes, silverware, cups, etc outside
-> hid kitchen knives around the house
-> locked my mom outside the house
-> with sharpie, wrote on every picture including him (thank god it was over the frame, and not the actual pic) and on other areas (mirrors, doors) about how noone cared about him, how he's lonely or some shit (and some reason our aunt is the only one who "sorta cared" for him), how I regard him as annoying
and some other things I don't remember atm. I'm lucky that the only thing he damaged of mine was sharpie writing on my door, and didn't take anything (although now I'm worried he'll take my valuables).
I'm wondering how me and my mom should approach this. tbh seems like a spoiled brat, since he's not doing anything actually dangerous or illegal, and this is all because he doesn't do his assignments and is too tired to go to school from late night gaming. But maybe it's legit, and my parents relationship is messy so that doesn't help.
He also has rage issues while gaming, punched a hole in his wall once iirc. He's 15.
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[–] sLnTsRvC ago
Sounds like the parents need to start laying down some rules for him to live by.
[–] 1nv1ctus ago
He sounds like a lazy and selfish piece of shit.
[–] 1moar ago
He needs to talk to someone. While some of it seems 'normal', this is leading down a path that will end up worse. He needs a professional to be doagnosed if applicable, and if nothing else, to talk to an impartial and empathetic 3rd party.
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