First of all I wnt to apologize for taking so much and not giving back. Y'all have already helped me so much, it's incredible how much I'm learning about practically applying a new way to think to keep me psychologically healthy. I'm in school and working both ft so it's hard to get back here...unless I'm desperate and I k now no one will understand but y'all. Thank you so much for being so unselfish.

My little brother is 29. I'm 31. We've been best friends, extremely close since he was born. He's now married and living his own life blah blah. The issue is that he will keep me on the phone for (NO EXAGGERATION!) 3..4....5...6 hours at a time. he must obsess over the minutiae associated with ...EVERYTHING. Right now him and his wife are dealing w/a custody fight over his wife's daughter. if I dont' agree w/his ideas, he gets angry. if I do agree w/his ideas, he tells me I'm wrong and argues more. I must agree with the perfect words that he wants to hear. and even then, he still doesn't want to stop talking. when he lived close to me, he would come over to my house. if I try to be neutral he refuses to accept that. if I ignore him, he would show up at my house. I love him so much but it's some kind of trigger for me. I've come to the point that I'm full of so much rage I can't take anymore. he blocked his number to call me today b/c he knew I won't answer b/c tht's wht I usually do as of late b/c it exhausts me to no end to interact with him. I'm actually posting this as he's talking and he's been talking with zero response from me for the past 15 minutes, b/c I CAN'T GET WORD IN. I don't even know wht he's saying right now. and I've done everything i can to talk myself through it, stay calm, try to play his game so it'll end as soon as possible. telling him the truth does not work. via email...hand written letter..on the phone. he responds that I'm damaged and broken and not right with God and I'm ashamed that I'm not as acomplished as he is and that's why I'm responding that way. which is fine, but it makes him come back even HARDER. God help me I'm sitting here silently crying b/c I feel trapped w/him. How do I help myself get through this ?