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Am I the only one who thinks Britney Spears is still very unwell ?

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wonderlust23 · 07/10/2021 04:29

Hi, I just wondered if anyone can explain to me, why Britney is still clearly not very well and the world seems to think she's fine? He Instagram videos are just bizarre. I totally agree that the conservatorship has been abused btw.

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DriftingBlue · 07/10/2021 04:43

I get the distinct impression that she is still suffering from mental health difficulties. That doesn’t mean the conservatorship is appropriate though. Even people who aren’t mentally well have to be allowed the freedom to make choices, good and bad.

If she has any sense, if the conservatorship does end, she will still appoint someone to manage her day to day affairs and make sure she stays on a budget. People with her kind of money often have staff tasked with this purpose anyway. The difference between that and a conservatorship is that the guidance becomes advice, not a set of rules.

Hobbitch · 07/10/2021 04:54

I would be if I'd been through what she has. The trauma must be off the scale.

I really hope she gets her life back.

FancyLampshade · 07/10/2021 05:08

None of your business. I find this thread unpleasant to be honest, just gossip and speculation. You can’t diagnose someone with mental illness from ‘a look in their eyes’ or because you think their Instagram feed isn’t sober enough. FWIW I’ve seen her posts on Instagram and she seems perfectly fine. But even if you do find her posts weird, it’s still ridiculous to think you can label her as mentally ill on that basis.

Clutterbugsmum · 07/10/2021 05:41

Weather Britney has mental illness problems or not doesn't mean she should have been kept under this conservatorship with her father controlling her life and using her money to support him and her family.

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 07/10/2021 06:14
  1. None of your business.
  2. Most likely traumatised rather than mentally ill.
  3. Stop pedalling her abusive father's narrative.

If you are genuinely interested then I would recommend listening to
Toxic the britney spears story
Crime analyst - the episode with dr jessica taylor is particularly enlightening

Frolicinameadow · 07/10/2021 06:22

She has retained a professional to continue to look after her health needs.
Her father has been removed thankfully but she is continuing to work with a team of her choosing along with the courts. She’s not being sent out into the world with her millions and told to figure it out alone.
I don’t know what health issues she has. But I can see her videos as some form of freedom expression. She’s a 40 year old woman who hasn’t had control of her life, her body, for so many years. So I can understand the absence of clothing etc as a celebration that she owns her body her image and can do as she pleases.
If I was her PR would I recommend it? Probably not but in all honesty any given day of the week there’s a multitude of naked celebs parading themselves in the media so Britney in the buff is hardly groundbreaking.
She has some freedom, let her enjoy it

Cherryana · 07/10/2021 06:25

I don’t think anyone really who really stops, thinks her videos are the content of a thriving person, but what I can tell from social media reactions to things from the general public is they are shallow.

Even her celebrity friends’ saying ‘go girl’ and the like are really saying ‘ there there, I really don’t care, I’m busy, I’ll signal I’m with you but I’m really not’.

I think it’s sad all round.

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wonderlust23 · 07/10/2021 06:51

Hi all,

Yes I'm aware it's not my business. But as someone who grew up listening to Britney I'm allowed to care.

I really hope her Instagram is just art and her expressing herself but i sadly believe she is still very unwell and I hope the people supporting her are going to genuinely help her .

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wonderlust23 · 07/10/2021 06:51

@Cherryana this !!!

I'm so glad I'm not the only one .

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DumplingsAndStew · 07/10/2021 06:59

As far as I remember, were they not just trying to have her father removed from the conservatorship, not the whole order ended ?

GrumpyTerrier · 07/10/2021 07:09

After the life she has had, it's not surprising if she had emotional problems. I'd be surprised if she didnt. But she also clearly needed to be free of the conservatorship. I wish her freedom and happiness, what has happened to her is shocking.

Taiyo · 07/10/2021 11:56

Didn't she try and burn her gym down? I think she does have very serious mental health problems but I think she is also very vulnerable to exploitation. I feel sorry for her.

LaBellina · 07/10/2021 12:00

I think Britney is enjoying her new found freedom and still has mental health issues, undoubtedly made worse by the stress her own family put her trough for over a decade.
I read somewhere that she wants to retire or at least stop working for a while and I hope she uses this time off to work on those issues and she gets better. I really feel for her and wish her happiness.

MayorGoodwaysChicken · 07/10/2021 12:06

I’ve unfollowed her on Instagram as I feel it’s morally wrong to watch her videos in which she is clearly not well at all. She is posting really inappropriate stuff with a scarily blank expression…to the point I felt really bad about myself for looking at it. I hope she gets the help she clearly desperately needs. And for all the praise her boyfriend is getting for sticking with her etc. I can’t help asking questions about a man who is in a sexual relationship with someone clearly as unwell and vulnerable as she is. Something about it doesn’t sit well with me at all.

Yubaba · 07/10/2021 12:13

Are you saying people with mental illnesses shouldn’t have intimate and sexual relationships? mayorgoodways

MayorGoodwaysChicken · 07/10/2021 12:18

No of course not @Yubaba Hmm

What I’m saying is that people in full health who have sexual relationships with someone who is mentally unwell might stop and ask themselves about that person’s capacity to consent and whether it’s morally ok to engage in all aspects of a relationship with someone who isn’t mentally stable.

I’m not going to presume anything about Britney specifically, of course I know nothing about her own medical details. I’m just saying that she is coming across very unwell and vulnerable and that I hope she isn’t being taken advantage of by anyone around her. Let’s face it, it wouldn’t be the first time.

Justilou1 · 07/10/2021 12:20

I don’t think that anyone could be well raised by those people, under those conditions, with the media circus, etc… And then being imprisoned and exploited as well. Poor woman has never been raised to be an independent adul, with any sense of her own identity - it’s been dependent on whatever everyone else has told her. I very much doubt that she has had trustworthy people around her - ever. Utterly heartbreaking.

KungFuPrincess · 07/10/2021 13:06

I agree with you. She's been surrounded by people who have taken her money and controlled her life for over a decade. But she still does need some help day to day. Her instagram videos are worrying and if it were my family member I would be very concerned. No one should be paying themselves £16k a month of her money to control her though. No one. They have robbed her blind for far too long

KungFuPrincess · 07/10/2021 13:08

@Yubaba

Are you saying people with mental illnesses shouldn’t have intimate and sexual relationships? mayorgoodways
Thats clearly not what Mayor meant and you've put two and two together and made 20 million. She's oversexualised and is posting naked pics that her boyfriend is taking whilst clearly not being fully aware of what she's doing. Hes exploiting her just like everyone else
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wonderlust23 · 07/10/2021 13:22

It's so sad isn't it. I can see so many people that just seem completely blind to her being so unwell and I wondered if I was the only one seeing it and if I was missing something. I totally agree with so many of you ! I've noticed a documentary has been made but I'm not sure I even want to watch it . It's so sad

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DriftingBlue · 07/10/2021 14:10

The reason I think it is a bit “our business” is because it should inform how we spend money. I had the chance to go see her in concert during the Las Vegas residency, but I ended up not going. It just felt wrong to to go watch someone perform who supposedly was so unwell that if the conservator wanted, her brand of toothpaste could be chosen for her.

So basically, if she is unwell are we all contributing to the problem by consuming her “product”?

Xyzzzzz · 07/10/2021 14:27

I watched the documentary on Sky yesterday. Her life was so controlled so I sort of understand why she’s posting in such a way. I’m sure she’ll find someone to help her manage her funds and mental health.

MayorGoodwaysChicken · 07/10/2021 14:30

I’m also a bit Hmm about all the high profile people, celebs etc who are vocally egging her on and posting all these supportive and encouraging comments on her IG, totally overlooking the questionable nature of the content she’s posting. They’re responding to her as if she’s a fully healthy and stable person who is escaping from the prison of the conservatorship, so cheering her on - not as a clearly ill and vulnerable person who (while the conservatorship was clearly all kinds of wrong) pretty obviously still needs some significant help.

I have noticed that side of things dying down though, the highest profile supporters aren’t commenting positively on some of her most questionable recent content.

Justilou1 · 07/10/2021 22:27

I had to tell my daughters that I thought it was great that she was out from under HIS thumb, but that her life has never been normal, she has always been surrounded by dodgy people telling her what to do and think and say and eat and dress, etc… She has no idea who she is as a 39 year old woman, which is why she is speaking in a breathy voice and posting (photoshopped) nude shots on Instagram. She can’t just leave where she’s at and simply “BE”. Poor woman. I really don’t know how she is going to find people who don’t have an agenda either.

user1471492582 · 08/10/2021 01:30

I totally agree. I think her boyfriend is up to no good. Her Instagram is bizarre.