I'm legitimately afraid that my brother will end up dying due to my parents negligence. Today, he started cutting his wrists and peeling off his skin and it was the first time literally begged my parents while crying to take him to a hospital and they still won't listen to me. They booked a flight to Andhra Pradesh for the coming Tuesday to take him to a priest who would perform a ritual on him in a graveyard at 12 AM and my brother is still believing them. My brother is no position to argue due to his current mental state and he's believing all the BS that my parents keep telling him. I kept telling them that what he needs is psychiatric help but they would not budge. Once my parents knew about it, they immediately went to a priest and the priest told them that my brother was possessed. Exactly a year ago, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and kept complaining about hearing voices that told him to go kill himself. My brother (21M) is currently in his 3rd year of MBBS and has been an excellent student throughout his life. (Note: MBBS is the undergraduate medical degree in commonwealth countries equivalent to MD in North America.) This was posted by u/throwaway55522228982 in r/hyderabad
