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Sad and anxious my brother might not want me in his life any more

Sad and anxious my brother might not want me in his life any more

What I think I need from the forum is validation, acknowledgement and stories of how others have coped with similar experiences.

My brother who I love dearly has refused to speak to me for over a year. There was a misunderstanding of perception on his part, and he has refused communication. It's been heart breaking because my intentions were pure and if he just took my phone call and let me explain, it would all be fixed.

A neutral 3rd person is asking him today or tomorrow whether he ever wants me in his life again. I'm sitting here so anxious and sad. I'm trying to distract myself the best I can. Trying to tell myself "it's not personal it's his misperception." But that isn't helping the crushing feeling of sadness.

I'm confused because there has been moments where we were meant to see each other face to face with other people around, but then he says he isn't coming.

This has been the worst year of my life and my heart and soul feel broken.

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Re: Sad and anxious my brother might not want me in his life any more

Hello @Angel-Friend

Sending you lots of hugs and sitting with you my friend

Be good if your 3rd person finds out what is wrong and why

My cousin is not talking to me and when he does texts he says some terrible things and I still don't know what

Hope it get solved for you and your brother xx

@tyme , @RiverSeal

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Re: Sad and anxious my brother might not want me in his life any more

Hey @Angel-Friend, thanks for sharing your experiences with the community!

It sounds like you are going through a tough time with your brother at the moment. You are being really brave reaching out to your peers and being vulnerable with them. I hope you are able to share your views of what happened with him and he understands your point of view.

I encourage you to continue to share your thoughts and feelings with the community as they may some insights to share from similar situations.


Take care

RiverSeal

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Re: Sad and anxious my brother might not want me in his life any more

@Shaz51 the confusion and sitting with not knowing what will happen is difficult.

I'm sorry to hear your cousin does that to you. Thanks for sharing. I feel less alone in this now.

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Re: Sad and anxious my brother might not want me in his life any more

@RiverSeal thanks for acknowledgement. I was nervous writing the post because I didn't know what the responses would be.

I really hope too he will want to communicate and listen to my true intentions.

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Re: Sad and anxious my brother might not want me in his life any more

Good greetings 🌸! @Angel-Friend !

Maybe you can write a letter to your brother and explain that you love snd care for him and there may hace been a missunderstanding.

Maybe you can meet for a coffee or cook something nice for him.

Or make some homemade jam or chutney or bread or something for him.

Hope you can make good peace with each other and enjoy each others company again.

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Re: Sad and anxious my brother might not want me in his life any more

@Rovja thanks for the ideas. I did send him a heart felt text saying how much he means to me, and how much I love him, and how much I miss him. He didn't reply.

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Re: Sad and anxious my brother might not want me in his life any more

I am having the same issue with my sister @Angel-Friend and it has made me swing into bipolar depression. Feel for you as I know how it feels. I tried to call my sister but she wouldn’t answer the phone.

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Re: Sad and anxious my brother might not want me in his life any more

@GezzaP It's unfortunate we are in similar situations with out siblings. It has caused aggravation of my depression too. I think when siblings reject us it's an exceptionally deep pain.

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Re: Sad and anxious my brother might not want me in his life any more

@Angel-Friend Yes it is anxiety and depression inducing. And my sister is very hard nosed and has a foul temper. I had a frozen processed meal for lunch. Did dishes. Hot water took ages to come in. Hope there’s not something wrong with it because I’m not sure I’m strong enough to deal with that atm.

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Re: Sad and anxious my brother might not want me in his life any more

🎉I HAVE GREAT NEWS!!! 🎊My brother and I worked things out and after 1 hard year I feel an immense amount of relief. I feel healed. I haven't cried at all since knowing he wants me in his life. It's a massive turning point.

Thank you so much @Shaz51 @RiverSeal @Rovja @GezzaP for supporting me through this. I was really panicking and in a really bad headspace when I reached out, and your replies helped me a lot. This community is amazing! Thanks again everyone. 🙏

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