My brother started having trouble dealing with things when he was in high school. He has always been extremely intelligent - taught himself to read by the time he was 4 years old, ... But he couldn't deal with high school. My mother used to force him into the car, and once they got to the school he refused to get out, so she went into the school to get someone to help her get him out of the car and into the school building. Eventually he dropped out of high school. It some time after that when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and major depression.

Not everyone is able to deal with high school. Home school is a good option sometimes, for many reasons. An internet high school can be a way to get a structured education that colleges will recognize. Why not consider it? Sometimes kids know what is best for them.

And if the school counselor says that he needs medical help, he really should have an evaluation by a qualified professional. If he doesn't get the support that he needs, his problems will not go away. It only gets worse without help. It sounds to me like there are some significant problems, and I'm sure you will find it hard to hear, but the problem is not all with your brother. I hope that you can step back from your feelings and see that forcing him to keep doing something that doesn't work for him, or, as an alternative just drop out and disappear, really will not help anyone. I sincerely hope that your brother gets an evaluation and is given the opportunities that he needs in order to be able to succeed in life.

Have you heard Gordon Allport's definition of insanity? It is to persist in doing the same things that don't work and expect to get different results. I paraphrased, since I don't have it here in front of me, but doesn't it make sense? Try a new approach. Give your brother a chance and see if maybe he knows what he needs. He won't be the only person to attend an internet high school.

<font color=green>"Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible" Carl Jung</font color=green>