I do and he has outperformed me greatly in life. So while I love him as a brother, I also feel envy towards him. I came to realize over time however that my goals in life were to try to be like him and I am happier now that I am no longer trying to accomplish that and am accepting my limitations.
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Yes in fact i was one of four originally, sharon died soon after birth, Paul lives in Thailand, and has done for over 30 years, and my other brother lives down the road near mum.
Steve whos local - has worked all his life, and never been near mental health services. Hes been with the same woman for 20 years and works in greenhouses crop spraying.
Hes doing very well for himself - hes just got a mortgage on a 380k house.
Me? Ive been crazy for years and “retired” at 22 with mental illness lol.
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Me and my sister are the same age for one month 
she does not have psychotic illness
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I have a sister who is very close to me age-wise.
Apart from some anxiety and possibly ocd, she does not have any issues.
Like you, I always compared myself to her and her success.
So did our parents.
Truth is, her success is not greater than mine, just because she has seemingly accomplished more.
I’ve had a lot of struggle to where I am today, and although her success is more impressive on paper, mine is equally impressive if you consider what I went through to obtain it.
I too feel more relaxed after I stopped trying to compete with her.
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My mother had schizophrenia and had a fraternal twin brother who didn’t have schizophrenia. She didn’t really like him either because he was abusive towards her.
I’m
A Gemini
We’re both schizo tho
Cmon some little astrology humor to lighten the mood up!!??? Haha 
Actually yes I do have a twin brother who has no mental illness at all he is lucky as hell he was always the good twin
Not a twin, but one of my younger brothers just started showing symptoms. He won’t listen to us and refuses medicine, thinks he’s some super important psychic medium. I’m pretty sure he’ll be hospitalized, dead, or on the street within 5 years.
The other one has no problems and is successful for his age. I was jealous of him, but not anymore. Losing one brother to the illness has made me realize how petty the jealousy is.
I do have a twin without a current diagnosis of any schizophrenia spectrum disorder, though because we’re relatively young, that could change in the next decade or so. My twin has mental health issues, but arguably I got the short end of the stick. Blah.
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