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Brittany Spears, she's on fire tonight 😬

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Comfysock · 17/02/2024 21:37

She's just popped up on my IG and gosh she dancing 10 fold tonight!!!

Dont know what it is but it all intrigues me, she looms happy enough though 💃

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SomeCatFromJapan · 18/02/2024 09:47

@Knickerbockerstory I've thought this too. I'm not a MH professional but I do have diagnosed ASD and she's pinged my radar.
I'm not sure why suggesting it is so taboo when people are more than happy to believe early onset dementia thst would have killed or incapacitated her years ago.

Floopyfloop · 18/02/2024 09:48

Comfysock · 17/02/2024 23:27

Surely she wont be writing and posting her own social media

This definitely hasn’t been written by someone who is lucid.

Brittany Spears, she's on fire tonight 😬
themusingsofaninsomniac · 18/02/2024 09:48

Knickerbockerstory · 18/02/2024 09:02

I have a friend who is a psychiatrist we’ve had conversations about Britney he was a big fan as a teenager (like most boys were I think!) he has said he’s absolutely convinced she could have ASD and/or ADHD and this is why she’s spinning / dancing/ and that what people see as a decline in function is burnout not bipolar as is widely talked about as the possible issue. She was extremely talented at a young age it was probably just too much for her

As someone with both ASD & ADHD I'm quite offended by this!

Burnout doesn't make you do crazy dance videos.

I'm far from a medical expert but I'd say she presents far more like bipolar than neurodivergent.

Lampslights · 18/02/2024 09:49

SloaneStreetVandal · 18/02/2024 09:42

her dress sense seems to be stuck in her heyday.

I get the sense she is completely stuck in the year 2000! In one of her IG pics, she is sitting alongside the pilot of her jet wearing his glasses. He's not that much older than her, maybe 8 or so years, yet she describes herself as looking like his daughter! She just doesnt see herself as middle aged at all.

Yes I saw that, I don’t think that pilot is in his 50s, even though he’s got salt and pepper hair , he’s probably max mid 40s, likely early 40s. If you look at his face it’s young.

britney is 42, he is in her age range, but she thinks she looks like his child, so she thinks she looks like or is in her twenties and not the same age as thay guy,

and that says a lot.she doesn’t understand she’s a 42 year old woman.

YeahBrackie · 18/02/2024 09:49

Lampslights · 17/02/2024 22:30

I see they have turned off comments for her posts now. So basically she just posts content of her dancing and dressing up, which makes her happy, so,,🤷🏻‍♀️

Comments have been off for a few months now.

Lampslights · 18/02/2024 09:50

themusingsofaninsomniac · 18/02/2024 09:48

As someone with both ASD & ADHD I'm quite offended by this!

Burnout doesn't make you do crazy dance videos.

I'm far from a medical expert but I'd say she presents far more like bipolar than neurodivergent.

Yes I also find out a bit offensive to suggest it was autism or adhd, especially as court docs have absolutely proven otherwise.

Lampslights · 18/02/2024 09:51

YeahBrackie · 18/02/2024 09:49

Comments have been off for a few months now.

Yes, which makes me think she reads them, and her care manager doesn’t wish her to see them. Maybe as it riles her up. All the “blink if you need help” shite people post.

SomeCatFromJapan · 18/02/2024 09:51

As someone with both ASD & ADHD I'm quite offended by this!

As someone with ASD I'm honestly not, I think it's plausible.
I also dance around by myself quite often, granted I don't film and upload it but I'm not a performer so that would be weird for me.

themusingsofaninsomniac · 18/02/2024 09:54

SomeCatFromJapan · 18/02/2024 09:51

As someone with both ASD & ADHD I'm quite offended by this!

As someone with ASD I'm honestly not, I think it's plausible.
I also dance around by myself quite often, granted I don't film and upload it but I'm not a performer so that would be weird for me.

She is clearly much more mentally unwell than neurodiversity though.

She would have been tested for all this much more thoroughly than most have the resources to do.. if it was ADHD then medication would help. But it just comes across manic to me, not hyperactive. Like others have said the look in her eyes, the way she writes things and how she seems stuck in the past. Something is really off there.

And for people to correlate that type of thing with 'must be ND' is something I am sensitive to and fed up of hearing to be honest.

themusingsofaninsomniac · 18/02/2024 09:55

And obviously I mean assessed not tested!

ohididntrealise · 18/02/2024 09:55

She's clearly unwell.

It's sad to watch. I don't understand what she's getting from it. It's the same stuff over and over again.

I find the constant tugging at the low slung shorts very uncomfortable. She's constantly touching and rearranging the waistband which is already very, very low. I don't understand it.

SomeCatFromJapan · 18/02/2024 09:57

And for people to correlate that type of thing with 'must be ND' is something I am sensitive to and fed up of hearing to be honest

Honestly in general so am I on that front sp I do understand your irritation.

SloaneStreetVandal · 18/02/2024 09:58

Lampslights · 18/02/2024 09:51

Yes, which makes me think she reads them, and her care manager doesn’t wish her to see them. Maybe as it riles her up. All the “blink if you need help” shite people post.

Her 'free britney' army were convinced her deranged IG posts were cryptic cries for help during her conservatorship. Or that her Dad was posting all the nonsense. And it was actually just her, doing her 'normal', all along.

hollyblueivy · 18/02/2024 10:01

Just picked up on the post the other poster mentioned where she likened herself to the pilots daughter. Yes she is stuck in 20 years ago.

AbeSimpsonsWhiskeySour · 18/02/2024 10:03

I also don't think she's the brightest, sorry Britney. I don't think her posts are necessarily mental illness driven, rather someone who missed a lot of school. Emotionally, I think she is around 12 years old.

MyopicBunny · 18/02/2024 10:04

Why is she the only person who doesn't read her own autobiography on Audible? Even Prince Harry read his own.

Notahotmess · 18/02/2024 10:04

She might have ADHD or ASD, but her posts are clearly showing someone in the grip of mental illness which is not remotely the same thing. Neurodivergence is not mental illness.

OoohLovelySlippers · 18/02/2024 10:06

I've heard schizophrenia and korsakoff's (alcohol induced dementia) suggested.

Lampslights · 18/02/2024 10:06

AbeSimpsonsWhiskeySour · 18/02/2024 10:03

I also don't think she's the brightest, sorry Britney. I don't think her posts are necessarily mental illness driven, rather someone who missed a lot of school. Emotionally, I think she is around 12 years old.

I find this a bit offensive actually. Plenty of people have a poor education, or low intelligence, doesn’t mean they act mentally unwell.

i really don’t get why folks don’t absolutely just accept what the court docs said, I mean it was right there, on the cover page, and not disputed by Britney’s side. It’s not autism, it’s not adhd, it’s not exploitation, it’s not low iq or lack of education, like manny many other young adults, she was diagnosed with a form of early dementia, and various other neurological conditions that could not have been avoided and were not environmental

Knickerbockerstory · 18/02/2024 10:06

SomeCatFromJapan · 18/02/2024 09:47

@Knickerbockerstory I've thought this too. I'm not a MH professional but I do have diagnosed ASD and she's pinged my radar.
I'm not sure why suggesting it is so taboo when people are more than happy to believe early onset dementia thst would have killed or incapacitated her years ago.

I hadn’t really thought much about it it was only when my friend was talking about her and I trust his judgement as he’s qualified , obviously nobody could know for definite it’s just his opinion but he sees a lot of mental health issues so I trust what he says and it does make sense in some ways. Whatever the cause though it’s clear Britney has son significant problems and it’s very sad to watch the decline 😞

Knickerbockerstory · 18/02/2024 10:07

*some

AbeSimpsonsWhiskeySour · 18/02/2024 10:07

@MyopicBunny my guess is because she had very very little to do with the book. It might be news to her what's in it!

MiltonNorthern · 18/02/2024 10:07

OoohLovelySlippers · 18/02/2024 10:06

I've heard schizophrenia and korsakoff's (alcohol induced dementia) suggested.

Korsakoffs has very visible physical symptoms so this is a silly speculation

MaryActsLikeSheDontCare · 18/02/2024 10:07

It feels wrong to watch those videos. They’re so disturbing.

It’s strange that her comments are turned off. Surely Britney, if she’s in control of her own Instagram, will have then turned on?

Knickerbockerstory · 18/02/2024 10:08

Notahotmess · 18/02/2024 10:04

She might have ADHD or ASD, but her posts are clearly showing someone in the grip of mental illness which is not remotely the same thing. Neurodivergence is not mental illness.

Absolutely but apparently when a person with either or both is under prolonged stress for any length of time they can experience meltdowns and then burnout and may exhibit certain behaviours that look like other MH conditions