Ardmore,
Well, I appologize I thought you were a girl, just went by your avatar. Sorry.
As far as your not wanting to fight back and being tired of it, well, I can truely understand that. You are more passive and somehow you know it will only add to it instead.

There are a couple of things going on here. You brother being 18 is in that stage called raging hormones and it can get pretty hard to control and the testasterone levels can be very high. A lot of guys have trouble burning that off and that is where many sports come in handy. So, he has a lot of pent up energy and unfortunately your a prime target.

So what you have to do, seeing that your parents are not understanding it at all is you have to find time away from that brother. Hopefully he will be going off to College next year and be out of your life for a bit.

Now I dont know how long he has been like this, but given his age, it is obviously getting worse. And the fact that he is trying to make some life decisions about what comes next after High School, well, he is being pressured by that too.

I still say that you HAVE TO FIND WAYS OF NOT BEING AROUND HIM. I hope you don't share a room with him and have your own room.

I do feel that you should go to a guidance councelor and tell that councelor what is going on and perhaps that councelor can form a plan with you in ways to help you NOT BE AROUND YOUR BROTHER. I am sure that he or she can work with you on areas where you have interests and find ways to help you manage to be active in ways that are beneficial and also provide a haven as well.

Now, you could just go to the councelor and just see if there are things that you could get involved in without necessarily expressing the situation at first. You may just use that service as a guide for ways to find outlets. You can think about what scedule you would need to have take place to keep you out of exposure to your brother. Now summer is coming and not many days left of school and that may mean that you may be left home with your brother due to school being out. Dont let that happen, fill up that time, even if it may mean taking summer classes to make the next year easier, less subjects to take, less credits to fill.

You have to learn how to do this for yourself. It could be a good life lesson as there are bullies everywhere and you will have to find ways around that. If you can't fight it with your fist, well, fight it with productive ways that will help you progress without constantly having to be put in positions where you are left with a bully.
It could mean a boss someday or a student down the hall in a college dorm, so, use your brain, you have one.

Use the time you have left in school to see what you can do for the summer.

Open Eyes