Hello, Symptoms I'm sharing with you is of my younger brother. I suspect he has some mental issues or may be i'm wrong so I want to confirm with the doctor. He is 25 and addicted to Smoking, Ghutka and junk food. Quite aggressive and can cause harm mother and destroy household things and sometimes behaving doing personal activity like masturbation without proper closing the doors and sleeping abnormally for long hours. May be he's addicted to drugs also which i'm not sure. He is not ready to consult a doctor. Please suggest how we can overcome this issue. We already did his counselling n he behaves normally with counsellor due to which we got no results of that.

Ms. Sampada KathuriaPsychologist4yrs exp

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Dear lybrate-user, it is often said that an empty mind is a devil's workshop. Your younger brother in involving himself in more of these activities as his energies are not goal directed. The aggressiveness, the substance abuse, masturbation etc are just ways in which he is expressing his pent up energies, which is a basic need. In fact using substances is a sign of escaping responsibilities. He is a 25 year guy. The main concern is why isn't he involved in any job, or business. One reason could be that he is staying stuck because he is being fed, given money and allowed to have his ways at home, thus not requiring him to take up any responsibilities. The mother and other significant family members need to stop over pampering him, and least of all be afraid of his threats or anger. What needs to be done is eventually dig into the reasons why he doesn't study or work, probably because of comparisons or some failures as student, work or lack in confidence, that is being covered by aggressiveness in him.  

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