Warning: This guest author's brother died by suicide & had mental health challenges. If that is difficult for you to read or process, feel free to skip this post.
I had a brother, Brandon, who was about 2 years older than me. I looked up to him, and we shared many of the same friends upon my entering high school. Brandon had a lot of Mental Health issues that dramatically altered his personality. During those times there was no way of knowing how he would act. Nevertheless, there were still so many days where he was an awesome big brother that I looked up to, but Brandon had a secret, a secret that he never confided in about with anyone. He no longer felt he had a reason to live.