You're absolutly right! I don't know why your brother would say something that mean! Getting help is NOT running away. If you don't think about your thoughts of feelings, then I don't think that you're staying true to yourself! It's just not healthy! If you go to therapy because you really really need it, or even if you just need someone to talk to sometimes, that's totally cool. Your brother sounds a little ignorant to me, I don't know, I could be wrong, I don't know him. But that was something really mean that he said. I'd ignore it as much as you can, and keep doing what you're doing. and if you're ever having a down day, you can always remember that at least at the end of the day you're not as mean as your brother! (He might very well be a nice guy who just said something kinda mean, I dunno, and I'm not trying to offend you or anything) So, just try to ignore him for now. I'm on your side totally on this one!