We are both in our thirties. My brother gained an incredible understanding of politics at a young age. He is VERY ANTI WOKE, to this day.
He’s always had a full time job, often 40-60 hrs weekly. Single guy, no children. Very upset about the stolen 2020 election, he was convinced we were going to civil war, like HOT war. Stopped working completely about 7 months ago.
He hates the idea of any type of work. Huge ego problem. No longer takes accountability. He stopped all drinking about 3 months ago. I was hoping we might see improvement. He has now achieved, what I believe to be his “final hollow form”. He sucks all joy from the room. He finds pleasure in absolutely nothing. He plays video games but he doesn’t even seem to enjoy those much anymore.
This is a guy who deeply understands the conversations between Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris. He had an INCREDIBLE wealth of self help knowledge. He has rehabilitated two very close friends with severe drug issues, years apart. Both success stories, not outstanding guys, but both turned their lives around.
He is also a huge fan of Jocko (if you’re not familiar, check him out. Legend has it he didn’t want to fill out any paperwork when his service with the SEAL team was up, he just left, end of story).
Today he helped me with a job. Standing near him was unfamiliar. I felt like I was standing next to a stranger. My brother and I were mostly inseparable until our 20’s. I know my brother better than anyone and it wasn’t him. It looked like him but his presence was spooky. I was actually looking forward to time with him today.
My mother, who had to drive him over (since he decided he no longer needs a vehicle) said she also was super disturbed by his presence today. She sobbed nearly half the car ride.
I’m a grown ass man. Being in the presence of my brother had me on the verge of a mental breakdown. He will not allow joy in his presence. He is a master at manipulating any situation into a miserable experience.
If this isn’t demonic possession, I’d greatly appreciate insight or input as to what you may believe we are witnessing.
JESUS CHRIST IS KING!!!!!
I have a sister who always tended to be lazy, but she's extremely intelligent, very witty and very charming. She's always been interested in the theater and acting, and was in a number of local college productions. She was always willing to help her sisters and her sense of humor could make anything fun. She got married at 18, divorced 12 years later (he left her), went to college, got married again, worked a couple years and then got a law degree. When her second husband left her, something in her broke. She became a perpetual victim. She'd make plans with different family members, then just not show up. She's critical of everyone. She turned her acting penchant into that of drama queen, creating unnecessary drama and conflict on a perpetual basis. She never actually did anything with her law degree and for 10 years mostly lived with other people, mooching off them. She manages this because she's charming and a master manipulator. She racked up a whole wad of debts, mostly with friends and family, and she's never paid back any of it. She's also never paid off her college/law school loans and I have no idea how she managed that. She alienated me and both my other sisters as a result of mooching off each of us. She's now married for a third time, so I guess she's manipulating and mooching off her husband. Fortunately, he's well off, but she may spend him dry if he isn't careful.
I only tell you all this so you understand I've been through a similar situation. I doubt your brother is demonically possessed. It's possible, as with my sister, something in his life was so traumatic for him that it broke him. My sister unwittingly revealed her innermost fear to me one day. She's always wanted to be perceived as loving, even as she does things that certainly are not. What she revealed is this: "If I'm not love, then I'm nothing." How sad is that? I imagine she's felt like that all her life and something about her second husband leaving her opened the floodgates of everything related to that, and the upshot of that was she behaves like an entirely different person than she was in her 20s. I can't say that she makes everyone around her miserable, but she surely has alienated a bunch of people.