My brother has had drug addiction, and in the span of 2-3 years stole upwards of $120,000 USD from my parents. a ton of money for us. He stole my prescribed pain medications at one point, and the physical pain almost drove me to suicide.
My parents are retirement age. Work is currently difficult for me due to mental and physical issues. Some of the money was supposed to go towards a joint replacement surgery and orthodontics to hep my TMJ joints which are degrading. It’s $40-60k worth of surgery. I have a psychotic disorder, therapy and meds add up quickly.
We are having financial difficulty again. I have not been told why this time, though I think part of it is that social security is behind on paying my dad.
My brother can be insolent and mean. He sides against me and gets on my case for petty BS he doesn’t bother my other siblings about. I’m tired of it.
That time he stole my pain meds? His gaslighting convinced me that maybe I was crazy and took them and forgot. It wasn’t until I was committed to a psych hospital for being suicidal that he confessed he stole them. “Well I was addicted” he said I don’t know if it was a full apology. I struggled badly with suicidal ideation for a while since experiencing that level of physical pain for so long.
I hold a ton of anger and bitterness in my heart over this. I have very little trust in my brother now, and loads of resentment.