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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My younger brother's mental illness has resulted in him being homeless. Recently, in dealing with our mother, I realize that she likely did a lot of passive aggressive stuff that helped to drive him away. Not intentionally, but due to her frustrations.[/quote]

We as human beings tend to rationalize after the facts.   [/quote]

Maybe but she is doing similar things to a cousin and to me (we both have chronic physical ailments). My cousin really has no one but my mother to do the pharmacy run or visit the dr. I call my partner or a friend not my mom when I need something and she resents that I won't ask for help. I just can't abide the caustic advice. I didn't understand what my brother faced. Now I feel badly that I brushed off his complaints. [/quote]

Can you take in your homeless brother?  You sound like a loving and compassionate sister. [/quote]

If I could locate him, I would make sure that he had stable housing. We would not be a good fit to live together because he has OCD on top of periods of psychosis. I can't accommodate the OCD stuff even if the psychotic episodes were in check. I wouldn't intentionally trigger him the way that my mom did, but I have a young child and a pet so things would never be able to be exactly the way he needs to feel comfortable. Having control over just his bedroom wouldn't be enough. [/quote]

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