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BearfromBrooklyn465
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Question: how do I get my younger sibling to wisen up when it comes to “internet dating”?
Relationship Stress / by BearfromBrooklyn465
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 May 17th, 2023
...See more TW: mentions of self harm and su*c*de This is a multi faceted issue, but the shorter context is that my younger sibling has been on the internet for a good while but despite that they keep “dating” random strangers who are nice to them for longer than 10 minutes. They were on *** when they were about 13 and some girl made a stitch video saying she had a crush on my younger sibling. My younger sibling left a comment of a blushing face on the video and then they started talking. My sibling started saying this person was their girlfriend but they never have seen each other in real life and don’t even go to the same school. I didn’t put too much stock in it and eventually the “connection” faded, but now they’re 15 years old and the cycle repeated in the worst way possible. My younger sibling was caught self harming with a razor in school and they’re attending therapy but they recently got in contact with a player on a video game who says they’re 13 (though personally I doubt that) and is exhibiting concerning behavior, such as threatening to “end their life” if my younger sibling doesn’t talk to them at 9 am when they’re literally in school. I want to respect my siblings choices and be a support for them in their mental health journey but it’s driving me nuts getting phone calls and texts about them being extremely anxious over someone they don’t even know ending their life just because my sibling is trying to focus in class. I know it’s cold hearted to think and even say out loud, but there’s just no way a supposedly 13 year old kid would exhibit this kind of controlling behavior. I don’t know how else to explain to my sibling that this person isn’t a boyfriend or even a friend, they’re literally a stranger. I worry that this will exacerbate their feelings of depression and su*c*dal ideation. I told them to just block this person but they never do it. They keep engaging with this person even though they’ve accused my sibling of “cheating” while being in what can barely even be called a situationship. How should I handle this? Should I be the one to handle this? Who should I turn to if this is too big for me to handle? sorry for the long read.
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