I don't think my parents getting involved helped though. I think you as a brother take a look at the situation a little bit from the inside, cause you probably have some access your parents or anyone else doesn't have, and just make sure there's no permanent damage going on. I was just depressed back then, too, but I wasn't looking to seriously hurt myself, just going through a bad spot. And I always took it as offensive that people would jump to those kinds of dramatic conclusions that I was going to do something serious....I'd just check in and realize depression in teens is kinda normal, and judge if he's just being dramatic or there's serious stuff going on.
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