Little Brother Wanted a Girlfriend

My little brother killed himself because he couldn't get a girlfriend. He was 22, almost 23 in November. I noticed something seemed off about 2 months ago and asked him what was going on. It was just us at the house, and he's usually a pretty stoic guy hell he loves to laugh and joke around. I really did not expect him to breakdown crying. He talked about how ugly he felt, he felt so undesirable, one thing that stuck with me was him saying he was "so cold all the time". It was honestly really fucking hard for me not to cry. I was surprised because I just kind of assumed he had a regular social life yknow? Few good friends, a girl here and there, stuff like that. I did notice he stopped going out as much a few years ago and he said he had to drop a lot of friends in the name of "self improvement" which I did see him improving himself A LOT these past few years and just kinda thought like "nice, good for him" but now I'm starting to wonder if he was doing all that in hopes of getting a girl.

A screenshot of a Reddit post describes a 22-year-old man who became isolated and deeply insecure after failing to find a girlfriend. The post presents his self-improvement and withdrawal from friends as a tragic, emotionally heavy story about loneliness and the pressure to be desirable. EN: A screenshot of a Reddit post describes a 22-year-old man who became isolated and deeply insecure after failing to find a girlfriend. The post presents his self-improvement and withdrawal from friends as a tragic, emotionally heavy story about loneliness and the pressure to be desirable.

• @eternalclassic / 58985 2024-10-15