My brother has bipolar disorder (manic depressive, and hears voices etc) and has been struggling for a while going on and off his meds. My mom called me this evening - he tried to commit suicide. He lit himself on fire. They live in different states - she's on her way to the hospital now. I don't know how severely he's hurt, although she was able to speak to him on the phone earlier.
We've always been very close and I knew he wasn't doing well because he always stops communicating when he's having a hard time, and I hadn't heard from him in a long time...I think since before Will and Dash were born. He's been on my mind all week and I kept planning to call him but kept putting it off. I want so much to be with him right now but I can't.
Please please send him all of the thoughts and prayers and anything else you can think of. Please.
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Thank you all so much...my mom just called again - she's at the hospital now. He has burns to 45% of his body (mostly lower body and torso). They've put him in a medically induced coma (I don't know for how long) and he'll be in the hospital for a couple of months and will need at least 5 surgeries (and will be in recovery for probably the rest of his life).
I feel so ovewhelmed right now. My heart is hurting so much.
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