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12/01/08
1. Madonna's face in "motion"
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JEEEEEEZUZ! those poor little boys just got 10 extra years of therapy added to their previous total.
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having discussed britney with my therapist on more than one occasion, i've come to the conclusion that what ails britney is less bipolar than it is personality disorder, particularly borderline personality disorder. [en.wikipedia.org] first it was post-partum depression, then it was bipolar (likely), now she's mumbling something about PTSD (it ain't PTSD). if i am right, expect to see her spiral out of control again once her father leaves to live his own life, as he eventually will, and should. Unfortunately there is no pill to cure personality disorders -- it takes years of intensive therapy and the will to work through issues and make changes in behavior, one by one. she dismisses therapy in the show, saying dancing and singing are "spiritual" and the only therapy she needs. oh, honey.
there was a minor flame war a few pages back over whether to feel sorry for her or to feel she ought to pull herself up by her bootstraps. it's possible to believe both. I do. it's possible to feel sorry for someone living with mental illness of varying degrees, and also to feel that, especially as a mother, she has a responsibility to develop parts of her personality that are missing -- personal responsibility, impulse control, ways to soothe and entertain herself, perspective, how to make healthy decisions -- and she can't do that without the years of aforementioned therapy. i also feel sorry that the way she is going doesn't look like she is headed down that road.
i also question that living in l.a. and continuing to court fame are helping. though better than it was, she is and will be surrounded by financial leeches and yes-people. i thought the healthiest people around here were: her personal assistant who told her the "dress" was actually a top, and that she already had similar dresses she didn't wear; and the choreographer who genuinely seemed to care about her as a human, not a celebrity or cash cow. i wanted to kick the manager in the teeth. oh, and daddy spears, britney is a grown woman, why are you cooking her breakfast. girlfriend needs to learn to make breakfast for herself and her family. stop. fucking. fawning. over. her.
the real victims in this are the children. but britney is in a very dark place of circumstance, genetics, and her own choices. she seems like she has a good heart underneath it all a charming personality, and undeniably that indefinable "it" that stars have. it's up to her and her alone whether she can maintain the stability of her life now. i'm pessimistic, but let's hope she can do it, at least for the sake of those adorable kids.
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Britney please if you want to get away from it all go to a remote place get top notch security and just live and love yourself and your kids!
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For starters, I'm pretty sure Brit's going been thru some type of emotional/psychological crisis. More serious than the media reported. and she still is dealing with it.
It's very easy for us to dismiss her sadness as whining because she has things we don't or perhaps even envy: fame, wealth, etc. But Britney has no power. It seems everyone has a say in what she does, where she goes, how she does it... except her. I especially noted the moment when her father tried to take her phone away. Britney's response was a child-like "No Daddy!" Remember, she's been remanded into the custody of her father... at 27. Can you imagine being under your parents control at 27, with two kids of your own? Rich or poor, famous or unknown... that effin' sucks.
I also got the sense that because she's in her father's custody, he's the one staging her "comeback". Look at how she dances and performs: Brit's either completely lost her confidence (understandably so) or her heart's not in it. I'm guessing a combo of both.
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Anyways, I do as I'm told, I take my meds, I go to therapy and while I'm not suicidal, I'm by no means happy with my life.I am terribly bored in my current existence; the security that is afforded me by my job and the lack of emotions I feel because I'm on anti-depressants means that yeah, my days aren't horribly depressing but neither are they enjoyable. It's like walking around in a strange fog, it's not dense, but it's not light enough that you can fully see what's going on around you.
12/01/08
And I totally just vented at you via comment. Sorry!
12/01/08
Guh, apologies for my comment vent as well.
12/01/08
I feel you on the seeing no end to those feelings. It's just...yeah. And since Britney did her freaking out thing around the same time I was bottling everything up, I was watching her with this...weird sense of admiration. And I know it's not healthy, but that's what I was feeling. Her going crazy, shaving her head, attacking cars...I wanted to be able to lash out like that. Everything was still so fresh and hard and I really just wanted to...yeah. Ugh. So many horrible feelings. So I do get a bit defensive at people saying Britney's just spoiled and annoying and needs to grow up. It's not about growing up.
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@thatonegirlsays: Thanks. I don't know what it is about more modern times that has just negated the empathy gene. Though, it's probably the elevation of the entitlement gene. It is a lot easier to share here because for the most part, there's a good amount of support.
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God, let her get off the treadmill and go and do something else. Can we all stop watching?
12/01/08
1) I do not know ANYBODY (females) who shaves their head
2) And in the throes of a mental breakdown (or what looked liked to be one), a shaved head (mingled with tears, a million paps and ramblings of her mother allegedly)) isn't "just" a shaved head
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What gives? Would the American public be equally fascinated and sympathetic if the same tragedy befell a black/Latina/Asian pop star? -- I am just sayin'
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She is practically screaming for help - if she makes it past the next two years without something drastic happening, I'll be shocked. I just want to take her in my arms and hug her. Her sadness and helplessness on this tape is palpable.
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Perhaps it's time for you to step off this thread - you obviously have very little compassion for other human beings or knowledge of mental illness. Gee, what are you going to say next? That she should just pull herself up by her bootstraps and put on a happy face?
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