It Is Sooo Sad

[Dakota_Lynn]

I used to laugh and scoff at Britney. Now I really wish someone would reach out to her. It isn't one bit funny anymore- it has gone way beyond antics. She needs someone to show her that she has value beyond her money.

I could not agree more. I've never listened to her music and I wouldn't know who she were if she were standing three feet in front of me. The only thing I know is that she is in pain that most people can't even comprehend and even though she has made mistakes, I don't think she has control over many of them. This train wreck is a combination of poor parenting, not being allowed to be a kid, and a personality that is not cut out for the intense stress she has been under since her early childhood. People have different thresholds for taking stress. Some people crack with a minimum of environmental pressure and others can take just about everything imaginable and come through it in one piece. Brittney Spears actually HAS taken a lot. She seems to have a screwy family. She's been in the spotlight form an early age. She's missed her childhood. She made some mistakes and ended up a young mother with a husband who was not all that great. All that stress made her crack.

I agree with the poster who said that just because she has mental health issues does not mean she isn't deserving of her children. She deserves love and support. She deserved a family that could sense the pressure of stardom was too much for her; she deserved a family that was willing to see her struggle and pull her out before it was too late! Now she has cracked. If the media, the tabloids and the reporters would leave her alone for a couple years, maybe she WOULD get the help she needs. But honestly, no matter what that kid does, no matter how wonderful of a mother she becomes, she will always pay with constant reminders of her mistakes now. And I'm sure she knows that. It's hard to motivate yourself for change when you know for a fact that no matter how perfect you become, nobody will recognize your achievements. The media will force her to live in the past until the day she dies.

 

[TinkerbellMama]

She is SEVERELY mentally ill. Totally uncontrolled, serious bipolar disorder, if you ask me. Yes, she probably uses/abuses various substances on a regular basis. Yes, she is a spoiled brat. Yes, she isn't the brightest crayon in the box. But mostly, she is SEVERELY mentally ill. I've been saying that for more than a year now...not that anyone much was agreeing with me, at the time! I am positive now (as I was then and have been all along) that eventually this will be confirmed medically in some way (perhaps even a statement issued by her camp to explain her wildly erratic, inappropriate, self-destructive behavior) to the public. I only hope it won't be done posthumously. I feel very sorry for her and VERY sorry for her poor babies.

 

[Todd&Copper]

If she is bipolar, she probably doesn't want to take the medication b/c (1) she shouldn't drink when on the meds - and she obviously loves the booze, and (2) it takes away the amazing highs as well as the horrible lows.
Whatever. If she is bipolar, she KNOWS she is sick and needs help. She just doesn't WANT the help. A part of her wants the tragic "life cut down in its prime" kind of ending that befell James Dean, River Phoenix and her idol Anna Nichole.

 

[Mermaid02]

I wish people would stop blaming her family. I think Britney is a natural performer and loved doing what she did. Even if things were less than perfect or downright bad, there comes a time when we are all adults and we need to stop blaming EVERYONE else for our bad decisions. Britney has hit that point. I agree that she is mentally ill- they need to have her involuntarily committed before she ends up in a body bag.

 

[va32h]

I agree with the poster who said that just because she has mental health issues does not mean she isn't deserving of her children.

She is deserving of her children when (and if) she is capable of behaving in some sort of rational manner in front of them.

Her children are not responsible for making her happy or well and they are not deserving of what she's subjected them to.

She lost all visitation yesterday (at least until another hearing in Feb) and I can't disagree with that decision. You just don't leave two toddlers with someone who is so clearly unbalanced. (even with supervision, as she had plenty of supervision last week when she locked herself in a room with them),