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Britney Spears

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BusyCleaning · 14/08/2023 18:51

Her instagram šŸ˜ž

If 11 year old me could see what she is now, I’d be crushed.

Such a shame

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ThatsALampost · 19/10/2023 23:10

Mystro202 · 19/10/2023 06:24

I definitely see your point but I've heard that the song "Everytime" is about her abortion and it brings a new meaning to the song. If true it shows that the decision haunted her even then. She definitely has mental health problems but perhaps they were brought on by those around her all those years ago. It seems she never had any say in her own life.

This is just a pure reach by the crazy fans. It was written by her and her friend/back up singer, who explained years ago it was about their experience with the break ups they both had, obviously Britney’s being JT . Britney and her team attempted to even erase her off the credits funnily enough.

AliceMcK · 19/10/2023 23:51

Mookie81 · 19/10/2023 18:58

Agreed.
He was a kid, he had a right to say he didn't want it.
She had money and family, she could have kept it if she wanted to. She had agency, he didn't force her to do it.

Are you serious, she was 18 controlled by her family and getting pressure from her family, agents and boyfriend and his agents, you think she really had a choice!

Mystro202 · 20/10/2023 06:26

JT has also apologised for being misogynistic towards Britney specifically, among others. He wasn't innocent in this.

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Mystro202 · 20/10/2023 06:31

ThatsALampost · 19/10/2023 23:10

This is just a pure reach by the crazy fans. It was written by her and her friend/back up singer, who explained years ago it was about their experience with the break ups they both had, obviously Britney’s being JT . Britney and her team attempted to even erase her off the credits funnily enough.

Listen to the song, it's actually a lullaby and would make no sense to be about breakups.

hollyblueivy · 20/10/2023 07:29

Her last two video uploads are in the same dress. Either broken at the back or too big for her and she is holding it at the back.

Those same tan colour court shoes she wears a lot and seemingly flashing her next at the camera, lifting her head up.

Oh and a Christmas tree in the background.

I feel so sorry for her, it's like she is stuck in a time warp.

Frasers · 20/10/2023 07:53

I think it’s become very clear Britney is sadly very mentally compromised. To what extent isn’t known, all we see are dance videos and often in very little clothing.

Whether removing the conservatoirship was a good idea remains to be seen. I suspect not and the free Britney movement has a lot to answer for.

she clearly needs a lot of care and support and I hope she’s getting it. I recall one of the lawyers saying she didn’t have the ability anymore to understand the contracts/terms of her conservatoirship and it isn’t a reach to think that maybe true.

they have done a great job of protecting her in terms of what’s wrong with her, court documents said a form of dementia that is very rare and can occur in young adults, with other disorders complicating it, and from what I understand there is no cure, just symptom management. It’s degenerative.

the key thing is If shes getting the help and support she needs, including the medical treatment. Her home is effectively a private hospital and she’s a full time care manager, this wasn’t removed, she was just given more freedom, she petitioned the court to have her care manager become her business manager and the person declined.

overall there is a lot more going on with Britney and her care than people know. The videos are just the tip of the iceberg that the public sees.

ellebelli · 20/10/2023 08:43

Listening to the video with her dog...she sounds so unwell.
I also feel sorry for these animals but I suppose someone is actually looking after them? Where's the larger dog they had..

raspberryflower55 · 20/10/2023 15:09

I've just looked at her Instagram, so many similar videos of dancing around provocatively in tiny outfits. Poor thing, she doesn't look well at all. Definitely stuck in a time warp from 20 years ago, I guess it is all she knows. It's sad that she hasn't had the support she needed, I hoped she'd be able to have a happier life.

Frasers · 20/10/2023 15:59

raspberryflower55 · 20/10/2023 15:09

I've just looked at her Instagram, so many similar videos of dancing around provocatively in tiny outfits. Poor thing, she doesn't look well at all. Definitely stuck in a time warp from 20 years ago, I guess it is all she knows. It's sad that she hasn't had the support she needed, I hoped she'd be able to have a happier life.

I’m not sure she hasn’t had the support she needs. In fact I think it highly likely she did and doesn’t any more.

The fact she didn’t like or want her conservatoirship is not a confirmation it was wrong, many people who need signficant mental health care, inc inpatient stays, will rally against it, fight tooth and nail not to have it, say why it’s bad, that they don’t need it. Plead to not have it, try to escape it or not even take their medication.

britney needed more than just medical care, due to her fame and wealth giving rise to additional vulnerabilities and risks.

If you are significantly mentally impacted, It is more the norm to fight care than accepting it. A core part of many mental health illnesses and disorders mean you do not know, understand or want the care you need. Because you are not functioning in a healthy manner. And from what was being said in court, Britney sadly lacks the cognitive ability now to understand what is in her best interests.

sadly as Britney is so famous a lot of people who had no idea what her diagnoses was, what risks she faced, and what she required due to it, got behind her in getting her care and protection removed, with the whole free Britney campaign, and her family, particularly her father coming in for huge abuse.

So now here we are.

its very sad, but even the most ardent Britney fan must see now a woman who is is clearly not functioning and that it’s obvious this has been the case for a very long time, and that there was a reason the conservatoirship was in place and that it was for her own protection. Instead her issues are being played out in the public eye.

ThatsALampost · 20/10/2023 23:36

Mystro202 · 20/10/2023 06:31

Listen to the song, it's actually a lullaby and would make no sense to be about breakups.

Annet Artani has had to make it clear in the last few days this was very much about break ups and not a baby.

Weefreetiffany · 21/10/2023 13:58

I can see how it’s about both, especially in the context of the music video

hollyblueivy · 01/11/2023 07:16

There is a send gift option on her instagram now - what does that do? Is it a money thing?

One of her recent videos dancing whilst holding her dog looks strange.

stillholly · 03/12/2023 06:06

Why has she gone sunglasses on inside at home on her latest video?

Thismorningissoboring · 03/12/2023 08:45

@stillholly Sensory issues?

Frasers · 03/12/2023 08:45

hollyblueivy · 01/11/2023 07:16

There is a send gift option on her instagram now - what does that do? Is it a money thing?

One of her recent videos dancing whilst holding her dog looks strange.

You buy stars, and then the person you gift them to, gets money from it from insta.

Samesamesam · 03/12/2023 08:49

Thismorningissoboring · 03/12/2023 08:45

@stillholly Sensory issues?

I wondered this. Does she have any type of diagnosis I wonder? I hope she had the help and support she needs

heartofglass23 · 03/12/2023 19:54

She says in her book she was /(is?) on lithium. AFAIK that is given after a bipolar disorder diagnosis. So I kind of assumed she'd been diagnosed with that.

However I've also read some academics etc argue that traumatised and/or ND women are often misdiagnosed with BPD.

DelilahJane · 03/12/2023 20:44

The video and caption she's posted on Instagram tonight has disturbed me somewhat.

I always thought all her twirley wirley videos were odd but ultimately harmless fun.

But this ...ick.

RainbowZebraWarrior · 03/12/2023 21:07

DelilahJane · 03/12/2023 20:44

The video and caption she's posted on Instagram tonight has disturbed me somewhat.

I always thought all her twirley wirley videos were odd but ultimately harmless fun.

But this ...ick.

It all disturbs me, but yes, that latest post is just wrong. I think a lot of the nude and overtly sexual pics should be removed. They would be on FB. I don't know if it's her condition, or her medication that drives the overtly sexual content, but it seems so wrong and I can actually understand why she was under conservatorship for so long.

SomeCatFromJapan · 03/12/2023 21:15

She was in the limelight so young, and so sexualised - what we're seeing now is like she's processing her trauma by continuously re-enacting it.

crankit · 03/12/2023 21:17

I think it's nice to see she's back in contact with her mom and brother though ! There was some nice pics of her and her mom having a cuddle on instagram

crankit · 03/12/2023 21:18

DelilahJane · 03/12/2023 20:44

The video and caption she's posted on Instagram tonight has disturbed me somewhat.

I always thought all her twirley wirley videos were odd but ultimately harmless fun.

But this ...ick.

What was the caption ?

MyopicBunny · 03/12/2023 21:20

I saw that too. Very unusual for a celebrity of Britney's level of fame to post something this private. You just don't see anyone else in the public eye behaving this way (well unless they are less famous attention seekers'. It feels very odd.

MyopicBunny · 03/12/2023 21:23

@crankit she was talking about how she feels and acts like a 6 year old.

BusyCleaning · 11/12/2023 21:59

God, the rolling around on the bed videos. Just so weird.

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