Over my lifetime, i have gotten prob every ignorant, insulting statements and steroetype thrown at me..mostly by those closest. I hurts. But there is another side too. MI like any other illness affects our loved ones as well. And generally, with the exception of inconsiderate aholes( we all know a few ), these ppl love you and dont mean to be flipant or hurtful... they see your suffering and feel helpless. Your friend and ur brother, imo, are truly trying to help and they only know how to do that from their own POV. Have you tried sitting down with them and calmly discussing that while you are grateful for and apporieciate their support, you sometimes just need someone to listen to you. Their are a lot of great article about psychedu for supporting a loved one. Maybe print out some info and or write down some kind suggestions that you feel would be more helpful support to you. Hope you start feeling better soon