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my brother stormed out and yelled you wont have to bother with me any more. he got a rope put it around his neck, he was up on a ladder and tightening it to the metal bar. i cut the rope and he grabbed another and tried again within 10 min. he was baker acted. he is depressed from back surgeries, pain, and low income. my husband feels it was fake, i dont but at the least he needed help. 3 days and he thanked his doctor for the medication and said he never felt that good in his whole life. it was the best thing that ever happened to him. he is like a new person. my husband still is mad at him. my husband is an alcoholic but always paid the bills, how do i deal with this.
You can not control another person's reaction to a situation, so don't try to control you husband. He will see, or will choose not to see, the progress being made due to the medications. And it can sometimes take a long time to get the right mix so don't give up if this first set of medications doesn't do the trick.
Any attempt at suicide needs to be taken seriously. If it is a cry for attention - then it is a sign that some pretty severe intervention is needed. Does it really matter if it was real or 'fake' it was the plea of a desperate man.
I wish your brother all the luck in the world. He is lucky to have your love.
Any attempt at suicide needs to be taken seriously. If it is a cry for attention - then it is a sign that some pretty severe intervention is needed. Does it really matter if it was real or 'fake' it was the plea of a desperate man.
I wish your brother all the luck in the world. He is lucky to have your love.
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I think you have two choices here. You can either ignore your husband, and just make this an off limits topic, either responding in a way that will end it any time he brings it up (like 'mmmhmmm' - even if you don't agree). Or you can leave, which it sounds like you don't want to do.
I'm so glad you cut the rope - whether he was serious or not, he obviously wanted to know that someone cared. And you do. A cry for attention still needs to be addressed, because it sounds like he was horribly depressed.
And kudos to your brother for getting help. It's not easy.
Do you think your husband is so harsh because your brother got the help he needed and your husband isn't getting help for his alcoholism? They say misery loves company, maybe your husband didn't want him to get better because he feels alone and guilty now.
I hope your brother's medication continues to work, and you can find a way to still be supportive, because I think you played a very important role in helping him decide to get better.