((((((((teary-me))))) It's as hard for them to understand depression as it is for us to understand how loving family member can NOT understand. We're all so isolated in our own experiences and our own definitions of pain that we just can't reach each other.
From your letter Ii see that you are hurting and trying to reach out to your family.
From what you give me as his response your brother has heard you and reached back to his "little sister" but because he didn't understand what you were saying, your fingertips missed each other.It's a picture that makes me very sad for you both, hon.
Please don't give up, or take his non-understanding as a personal affront. He can't do it, even though it sounds like he loves you. I think we with MI's are all too aware of the limits of our understandings, but a lot of so called normals aren't. In this way, dear, you are the more healthy of the two. I hope that he might understand you again, Teary_me.Huggggs, and good luck.