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Just the way denial is the number one symptom of addiction, it is the number one symptom of mental illness. Britney does seem to be operating in denial, but what’s going on may be more complex than what we see on the surface.
It’s a lot more difficult to do an intervention on someone’s that mentally ill and suffering an addiction. I think there are addiction issues and some type of bi-polar thing going on that isn’t being properly medicated.
It’s difficult to get her the help that she needs because she may be saying, “No, there is nothing wrong with me; look how successful I am – you can’t tell me there’s something wrong with me.”
Anytime Britney does have someone telling her she has a problem, she just surrounds herself with other people who say she’s ok. The reality is she’s not ok. Even her “boyfriend” Adnan Ghalib went on Entertainment Tonight complaining about the people she’s hanging out with.
We need to have healthy people around her who are willing to say, “This is not normal behavior Britney, for you not to show up at court to get your kids back and to just disappear. These are your kids and this is your life, so it isn’t normal behavior.”
Britney’s been to rehab and it didn’t work. I’ve commented before that for the Lindsay Lohans and the Britneys, it’s like a trip to the spa. That’s not because there was anything wrong with the treatment facilities. In fact it’s devastating to hear people picking on the treatment facilities that save people’s lives.
For Britney treatment is a trip to the spa because she’s worth a hundred million dollars and bringing in $700,000 a month.
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Re: Saving Britney Spears
By stubrummen, June 10, 2008 at 16:48Sad seeing all these celebrities go in and out of drug rehab. I know some people who live the hollywood party lifestyle and it's just difficult staying sober in those circuits. There are always parties going on, people are taking pills and blow to be able to stay up/go to work/go to sleep after work etc. It's easy to just say no when you're not around it constantly, but almost impossible when your entire social circle is doing it. This is why people go to rehab - to separate themselves from that whole environment.
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Re: Saving Britney Spears
By Robyn Stubbs, February 1, 2008 at 09:55It seems like there is a groundswell happening... more people are seeing the Britney situation as a direct result of the paparazzi and the celeb-hungry culture we've created - want a good example? Read this story recently posted on Orato: The Britney Smear Boycott
Re: Saving Britney Spears
By Heather Wallace, January 31, 2008 at 16:12Wow - I'd never seen this video before. Obviously Britney has had some foresight into the way her life could end up. Let's stop the insanity before it's too late. Her breakdown hasn't happened overnight. We are pushing her closer to the edge. We have started to think Britney is the caricature we've created.
She is not a video or a picture or a dollar sign. She has a heartbeat. I second the motion to "Leave Britney Alone!" She told Matt Lauer that's her greatest hope - that the paparazzi will leave her alone. The time for asking what's wrong with Britney is over. It's time to ask what's wrong with us that we can't stop hounding her when she so obviously needs us to stop.
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Re: Saving Britney Spears
By Michelle Kenneth, January 31, 2008 at 16:50That video came out before the boys even came along.
Strange how that video has been almost like a predictor in her life.
Re: Britney Spears: Healing Little Girl Lost
By Michelle Kenneth, January 31, 2008 at 12:40That was written a lot like someone who knows Britney.
I will say this...it isn't just addiction to any substance per se, but there are mental issues there that she does need to work through. When I saw that latest article in US magazine how she showed up at a school waiting to pick up her kids (who aren't even school age, yet), I knew she was definitely at that point I was fearing she was going to head to...a complete mental breakdown.
I've noticed the signs over the past few months, but I am not completely in a position to sit there and tell her, "Britney, you need to get psychological help." We've discussed a lot of the issues that are plaguing her deep inside and we've been trying to come up with remedies to solve her problems where SHE IS THE ONE IN CONTROL, but the truth is, people have taken away her power to be in control. That is a major issue.
I can only imagine what it's like being told on a daily basis that everything you do is wrong and that you are not even fit to be a mother because you will hurt them, because you're such a bad mother. Recently, I think that all sunk in. Imagine thinking that you are such a good person and then coming to the realization that maybe you're really bad. That can set your mind on a path to confusion and eventually madness. She can't even talk to her sons on the phone. All she knows is that she loves her children. She needs them, but now she believes that she is a bad person.
A lot of her family and friends have become concerned about her mental health since last summer. But like Britney, we were all in denial and hoping that maybe we could save her. To tell you the truth, if the paparazzi hadn't hounded her as much as they have and if they just left her alone and left out the smut news...she would have been ok. They have truly been the ones that have stripped her of her power to be in control.
Also, there are some deep seeded issues between her and her mother that really needs to be worked out. They could benefit from family counseling. I can't even begin to explain what is really going on deep inside of her, but Britney is a good woman. She is only learning what it means to be an adult.
In your 20s...you sort through all the b.s. that hurt you when you were younger. That's all she's doing right now. Thing is...it's bigger than you can imagine.