I am worried about my brother?

I am worried about my brother?My brother wakes up at 7:00 A.M every morning and takes a shower/eats breakfast (a lot)/ takes care of his hygiene and by 8:00 A.M, he is in his room and studying. He does not come out of his room until around 10-11 P.M. He does this everyday and one time I asked him what he was studying and he rudely told me "nothing that you would understand". I go to work/university and when I come home I still see him studying. He never comes out of his room unless it is for eating or going to the bathroom. He is always angry at me for disrupting him when he is studying. Is this a problem? He never goes out of the house. Partly because his work is actually with the computer. He works for a company and he earns nice money but I am worried about his mental health. My brother and I are the only ones in the house by the way. Should I get a therapist for him or am I overreacting?

P.S: For breakfast, he eats a lot in the morning so he very rarely has to come out and fulfill his basic needs throughout the day.

Will it be rude of me to hire a therapist without his consent? I am truly worried about him. He does have a good job that is true but he has no social life.

Answer by Robyn
Hi
Your brother seems to be unhappy, probably not with you just his situation.
Try to speak to him the morning, get something different for breakfast and start the conversation from there, ask him what his goals are, and would he like to take a break, leave some holiday booklets out, good luck.

Answer by Christine Cox
yeah that is not normal, and it will affect his social skills, and he might develop depression or paranoia if he carries on, if he makes no time for socialising he will not know how to do it when he does come out, and being alone for so long a day is never good for a persons brain.

but you can try and get a therapist to see him, but most therapies, and therapist will need the patients consent to carry on, because it won't work if he isn't open to the treatments.

but you can always try set up a consultation with a therapist and see if they can do anything, but if not i'm afraid you will just have to leave him too it.

good luck :) i hope it works out.

Answer by Opal
I think that a therapist is a little too far at the moment. Why not help him with his social life? get him out of the house somehow. Like make him go grocery shopping or help you with something.

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