Britney
January 4, 2008I don’t normally feel the need to blog about celebrities, but at the moment I am truly feeling sorry for Britney. I know she has made some seriously bad decisions over the last few years. I certainly acknowledge that but there is a small part of me that says she is young, she is desperate need of some real help emotionally, and she is probably terrified of permanently losing her children. I have felt for a long time that she is either suffering from undiagnosed or undisclosed depression/bipolar disorder. I can’t imagine going through mudslinging this custody battle has become, dealing with the impact of being a celebrity on your life, coupled with the recent revelation about her sister’s pregnancy at 16 and not having moments when you completely fall apart. It certainly looked to me more like she was having a emotional breakdown in the photos of her recent incident than anything else. Perhaps this hospitalization and evaluation will help her get started on a road to recovery.
I don’t think her ex is any sort of “better person” than she is. He certainly dropped his other girlfriend and child extremely quickly when he became involved with Britney. I would not be surprised to find out he used her for her contacts and her money, playing off her fame for his benefit. He has always made me think this, ever since he came onto the scene.
Anyway, as odd as it seems, I am praying for Britney.
I got slammed on adoptionblogs when I talked about having empathy for her last time around regarding custody issues. Apparently empathy is out of style or something./
That said, she HAS made some REALLY bad decisions as of late. I don’t like anything she has done. But my heart still breaks for her, for her children and even for K-Fed. The whole family has a hard, hard road ahead of them and I pray that they can get it right.
But then again, I’m always out of style.
I agree, I think she’s sick and needs help. I hope she gets it.
My mother told me a few days ago that they are now saying Britney may have bipolar.
It makes perfect sense to me, it seems to completely fit.
And if she DOES have bipolar, then I wish people would remember that it’s not HER making these decisions so much as it is her illness. That doesn’t make it okay or right–she’s going to have to learn to rise above the illness–but it also means that you can’t just label her immoral, selfish, character flawed, etc and leave it at that.
I feel extremely sorry for her. It’s obvious to me that she’s sick, and I can identify with losing my child because of sickness.