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I really don`t know where this would go, but i`m putting this in relationships because it relates to my brother.

My brother has "bad acne" issues. But really. It`s not that bad. He just thinks it is. In fact, it bothers him so much that he often thinks about suicide. And it`s really scary sometimes. Earlier today he was in his room with the door closed and had a knife and was threatening to cut himself. He also has one of those closets that have those big glass sliding doors and he wrote things on the mirrors with marker. Well, that`s what my parents said.
It worries me a lot to see him like this and I know he`s smarter than that. I can`t talk to him because he`ll just tell me to stfu and there`s no point because he just won`t listen.



But then it hit me. The only way to have him realize that his "bad acne" isn't bad is to make him realize that there are other people who have it worse than he does.

The thing is I don`t know how to show him this.

Any suggestions? Pleeeasseee?

Thanks for any advice.

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o__o i think he might have BDD, body dysmorphic disorder. I did a big project on it last year. It's where the person is preoccupied with a part of their body (lots of the time their face or skin), so extremely that it stops them from social life or... it creates extreme feelings. even if in reality the body part isn't that weird or weird at all, the person can't see it. it's a perception disorder, sort of like anorexia.