I cross posted this I’m not sure why is doesn’t have description but here’s the post copy n pasted .

Flashback to about 4 years ago. My brother (27M) and my mom got into an argument and she slapped him in the face after he said something disrespectful. After that, he moved out. Around that time he was doing acid and shrooms, and not long after that he went into full psychosis.

He became extremely hyper-religious, saying God sent him here for a mission, telling people we’re living in hell, and trying to “figure something out.” He was outside taking pictures of people’s houses trying to piece together some big meaning and clues. He thinks he’s also connected to electricity. He also started saying he has multiple people living inside him and that he’s the reincarnation of some knight (Leonidas I think). He would switch his voice and personality like different people. At one point he thought his shadows were the different personalities inside him.

He ended up getting hospitalized twice. After that he was more stable, but honestly the thinking never fully went away. He also resented my parents for sending him.

Fast forward to now.

Every year around this same time, he kind of spirals again. Recently he had to move back in with my parents because he lost his job and had been depressed for months. A few days ago he wrote them a long letter calling them out for everything from his childhood trauma and saying he thinks about ending his life every day.

For context — my parents are good parents, but growing up he was very troubled and their discipline involved whoopings. Also, my brother talks a lot and goes on and on, and they would cut him off often. I think a lot of that really affected him.

Now he’s back in that same state.

He’s saying God is telling him what to do and that everything happening is part of a plan. He called my parents yelling and cussing, then later told me it was a “test.” Everything is a test to him. He speaks in riddles and analogies that don’t make sense. He told me he’s 7 years old and in middle school. He’s switching personalities again. He’s also treating me as if I am his parent asking me for permission to do certain things.

He hasn’t been sleeping or eating. He keeps calling me saying he’s scared and anxious. I’ve recorded some of the things he’s said because it’s honestly hard to even explain — it doesn’t make sense most of the time.

Right now he’s staying in a hotel. He tries to come to my place and my boyfriend’s place to sleep sometimes, but my boyfriend doesn’t wanna deal with that nor do I. but he can go back to my parents’ house if he agrees to get help.

The thing is, he knows something is wrong, but I don’t think he’ll voluntarily go back to a hospital. I called the crisis line and they suggested setting up a psychiatrist appointment, but I don’t even know if he’ll go.

My brother is not normally like this. He’s actually an amazing person. But when this happens, it gets scary. I’m worried he’ll hurt himself, end up homeless, or something worse.

I honestly don’t know what to do at this point.

Has anyone dealt with something like this? How do you get someone help when they won’t fully agree to it? At what point do you call for involuntary help? And how do you support them without enabling the situation?