Britney Spears

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I’ll start by saying I know this isn’t Tattle Life, but I’ve just caught up on instagram and Britney’s latest posts are truly horrifying and upsetting. As someone who grew up with her (& Christina) as my idols it’s so saddening to see what’s happened.

Has anyone else watched?

Exactly. You can’t just take her phone off her and say “no more instagram for you young lady”. In the same way you can’t click your fingers and make someone mentally stable.

Of course, it is highly likely she has a life long, serious mental health condition, probably exasperated by drugs alcohol and the extreme stress of fame.

she was also, at the time, very vulnerable to financial fraud. Somehow, as far as we know, she seems to have improved on that front.

but there is no sign she is a danger to herself or others. She’s just illl.

I still haven’t seen anywhere a valid reason for her conservatorship. The bar for deprivation of liberty is quite high in the U.K. You’re allowed to make unwise decisions.

In America conservatorship is a scandal. It’s completely abused. Not just for those with mental health conditions but also the elderly. It is outrageous.

It seems whenever people talk like this what they mean is “people with obvious mental illness should not be seen in public”.

There isn’t a magic cure. As long as she’s safe let her crack on.

She looks so ill

I hope that she at least has someone looking after her, an assistant/carer

What's the bar for intervention though? The US has seriously addicted and mentally unwell people literally living on the streets, lying in their own filth, screaming, raving incoherently and threatening people and nothing gets done.

A few shit tik-tok style dances don't even register by comparison.

I don't think she looks particularly well or happy. But you can't deprive an adult of their autonomy on such a low bar.

It's clear Britney is unwell but it's horrifying that people think handing over all her decision making and control of her fortune to her father who has had well documented substance abuse issues and gone bankrupt multiple times was the right way to treat a woman struggling with mental illness.

I'm not a psychiatrist but I've never heard of any mental illness best treated by forcing the sufferer to perform in Las Vegas every night.

Does she really look safe ?

Putting aside the bleary eyes, the smudged make up, unwashed hair, the screeching, lack of clothing, flashing of underwear, stumbling about, mumbling “I don’t know who I am”, etc .. putting aside all of that … the piles of (what appears to be) dog-shit behind her, in her home .. says to me “maybe this person needs more support than they are getting”

She is wide open up exploitation and abuse.

I completely agree with you that it’s abused and it appears there is a lot wrong with her conservatorship in this case.

My point is, I have no idea why she has or should not be granted one. I don’t know her or her life outside what I read on the news so I have no idea what is the best course of action for her!

Most information about her medical history, mental health, episodes, incidents, relationships, private life won’t be out there for any of us to make a judgement on. We simply have no idea what’s going on behind the scenes. We’re not privy to most things about celebrities. The judge, doctors and family members will have more information and be better placed to make a decision. Thats not to say I’m sure there’s some complete leeches close to her that have made things worse.

This. It was never made clear by her conservators why she was supposedly unwell enough to be deprived of control of her own life as an adult woman, yet well enough to do a residency in Las Vegas.

It seems according to them she was well enough to earn money, but not to decide how that money was spent.

Do you have ANY IDEA what it's like trying to help a loved one who refuses help? No? Lucky you. Stop blaming the friends and family.

Sadly, in my opinion, she’ll be a headline we’ll wake up to very soon.

Is that piles of dog crap on the floor behind her? Poor dogs; I wonder what else she isn't doing for them.

Exactly what CrispySquid said… that conservatorship was there was a very good reason. Poor woman.

Exactly what CrispySquid said… that conservatorship was there was a very good reason. Poor woman.

She was doing the same dances when under the conservatorship though. It's not new.

She clearly does need support but genuine, caring, professional support not the situation she was in previously. She has some significant MH issues it seems and I’d suspect also ND. She’s been very let down by those closest to her and there’s obviously trauma around certain subjects. She possibly feels she has no purpose as was used for so many years by those who should have protected her .

Exactly. So why this leap to say she should have a conservatorship on the basis of freaky vids. Who are we saving? Our eyes? Her dignity? The latters a bit outdated no?

Honestly how is what she's doing any different to loads of other influencers on the internet

You know nothing about her or whats actually going on.

The conservatorship may have been needed at the time - but it was massively abuse of power from her dad making her work those vegas shows and taking her money!

She's an adult and if she wants to spend her days making these videos she should be allowed to! it's not up to anyone else to decide what she can and can't do!

Her mental health was destroyed by the media following her and taking photos of her upset with her baby on her lap in that cafe - it was awful how she was treated.

Someone shouldn't have their autonomy taken away because Joe public is uncomfortable to see someone who has mental health problems online. Why should she have to hide who she is from the world? Britney has as much right as anyone to post a dancing video online.

That's what I thought - the US system has some notable abuses in it - think John Oliver did a piece on it focused on OAP being abused by it - and then read similar horror stroies in new papers.

She was also working pretty hard while under it so it does raise questions - though she clearly had issue prior to it.

I do wonder if it exacerbated her issues - and if it didn't going to tight control to complete freedom often is a shock to the system - unfortunately she has fame and money and there many who'll help destructive tendacies along when you have that - more stable famous people than Britney have found that to their cost and it's not like her trust in family who she might let step in will be high after her total loss of freedom for years.

I’m not disagreeing that she had the freedom to post whatever she wants. But the latest posts such as the “don’t know who I am” and flashing nipples, pulling her underwear down, along with the dog poo on the floor is just too much in aggregate IMHO and concerns me.

What’s happening?

It really does look that way to me too and it explains why no-one can help her. Very sad, must be torture for family and friends who love her and desperately want to help her.

I’ve got family with lifelong mental health issues. I’d be delighted if the worst it presented itself was slightly odd videos and dead looking eyes.

she may well be getting absolutely first rate support without which she’d be in a complete state.

the reality of poor mental health is brutal and devastating. I don’t know what people expect.

She doesn't. Everyone in her life has always just wanted to profit off her and don't really care, that is the tragedy of it.