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I am sorry your brother wasn't helpful to you in your time of need. Suicide scares people and they don't know how to respond. I had my long bout with suicidal depression and I scared many people myself. I just assumed depressed people understood. I mentioned it once to a friend who was on disability for depression. certainly she would understand. so wrong I was. she said, lets go for a walk. A WALK! I feel like killing myself and you suggest a walk. that's the farthest solution from my mind. I was dumbfounded. she had never once thought of killing herself and didn't know how silly a walk sounded to me. I just learned that there were only certain people I could vent my feelings to who would understand and answer appropriately. thankfully I found the right antidepressants and therapy and my thirty years of depression is now over. I hope you find solace as well. take care.