My brother has been unemployed/underemployed for years. We think he suffers from depression but wouldn't admit it. He has some other health issues that he keeps seeing doctors about and hoping to cure all his problems. He seems too afraid to go find a job, think he can't do it with his health or something. As far as I know his health problems are mostly indigestion, high cholesterol, maybe high blood sugar. He's been taking medication for all of them. I told him lots of people have all sorts of conditions and they all work just fine but he wouldn't listen at all. The thing is he has a part-time minimum wage job, doing heavy physical labor for 6 - 8 hours per shift. I don't know how he can manage 30 hours of physical labor a week and claim he can't do a full-time office job. He was a college teacher before.
His wife is ready to give up on him. My parents have been helping him in the last couple years said they can't help him any more as they're retired. I offered to give him some help finding a job but he's not ready to do job hunting yet. I understand he's a very stubborn person and wouldn't do anything unless he's really willing himself. But I'm so worried. He probably has a couple months left until my parents kick him out from their basement. What would you do if it's your brother? I thought about finding his doctor and beg him to tell my brother it's perfectly OK for him to work. Would that be messing with other people's business too much?
If he ends up in our basement that would be awful. He and I have nothing in common and we argued everyday growing up. We already have an old grandma living with us who has nowhere to go. DH said we'll never take anyone in again. Plus I have mild autism and hate social interaction with people I don't like. But I just can't see where he can go otherwise.
His wife is ready to give up on him. My parents have been helping him in the last couple years said they can't help him any more as they're retired. I offered to give him some help finding a job but he's not ready to do job hunting yet. I understand he's a very stubborn person and wouldn't do anything unless he's really willing himself. But I'm so worried. He probably has a couple months left until my parents kick him out from their basement. What would you do if it's your brother? I thought about finding his doctor and beg him to tell my brother it's perfectly OK for him to work. Would that be messing with other people's business too much?
If he ends up in our basement that would be awful. He and I have nothing in common and we argued everyday growing up. We already have an old grandma living with us who has nowhere to go. DH said we'll never take anyone in again. Plus I have mild autism and hate social interaction with people I don't like. But I just can't see where he can go otherwise.
