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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You sound awful, OP.[/quote]

Really? Why? Because I don't have a close relationship with my brother and I don't want to be responsible for his being his mental health support system when we have little to no other substantive relationship and I have zero professional experience with that type of thing? I should just be at his disposal for emotional outbursts? Is that what my responsibility is? I am honestly asking because I don't understand my role here. [/quote]

Yes. He's your brother. You can't listen to him once every couple of months? You would really be comfortable just saying, "Not my problem" and moving on -- about your own brother?[/quote]

I was fine with listening every couple of months until he started verbally attacking me. Now I know that I need some boundaries. My question is, how to set them appropriately and what I am responsible for as his younger sibling.

I don't understand the words "about your own brother" as this is also part of my question. What is the responsibility that siblings have to one another? We have nothing in common (except parents) and have never gotten along or had shared interests, etc. What is the expectation for how I interact with him given these facts.[/quote]

Why do you have to share interests? You have one thing in common, your parents. I don't understand. Do you think people are only supposed to love their siblings because they have common interests? I really don't understand.[/quote]

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