My brother isn't doing too well. Ongoing, he has shown strong signs of BDD, and it's getting worse with him. It is spiraling out of control. My mother is on his case. Her reaction is anger, which has been her reaction towards me with all my mental health issues.

I know deep down, it's because she feels powerless and doesn't want to see him suffer, but she doesn't understand at all that he cannot change the way he is feeling. My brother still lives with her, and she threatened to kick him out of the house, based on how he cannot stop talking about his problems with this.

I am helping him find a therapist, if his MD doesn't give him a good referral. He texts me throughout the day. It's tough to handle right now, but I opened up a little bit about being diagnosed with Bipolar, and that seemed to help him. He knew I had a lot of problems growing up, but him hearing it from my perspective hopefully helped him feel that he is not alone (I hope).