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6 months ago
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My older brother has SCD. I'm 24, he's 28. He's been managing his condition his whole life and he doesn't need me to mother him. But there are times — especially when he's just come out of hospital — where I feel completely helpless and I end up either doing too much and annoying him, or stepping back too much and feeling guilty.
He doesn't talk about it much. Our family is Ghanaian and the conversation about illness in our house has always been very stoic. I want to show up better. Does anyone have experience with this kind of relationship — the sibling who wants to help but doesn't quite know how?
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