Twitney Spears enters rehab! Threads Merged
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Lets just hope that she realises that, my children brought joy to my life. She has to focus on her children and if she is suffering from PND that can be treated. I pray for her even though I am not a fan, no body deserves this and I do think the media need to give her a break so she can recover.shopper said:She sure does!
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It usually is for close family and friends during set aside visiting hours a few times a week.angarella said:
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I don't claim to know a great deal about post partum depression. However, I'm fairly sure that I suffered from it after the birth of my second child. Instead of talking to my doctor about it, I chose to "fix" myself by using dope again (after many years clean). So that's an example of ppd leading to self-destructive behavior.shopper said:
By the time I went to rehab 15 months later, I certainly wasn't suffering from post partum depression anymore. I mean I was depressed because I was killing myself with drugs, but not clinically depressed. Once I got clean again, all that lifted.
Love and prayers to Britney and her family.
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Four feet tall? I'd be hanging eyebolts in the ceiling and putting up camoflage netting up! I have ADD and to hear every single nail being bitten, keypress being pushed or catch in the throat would make me kill someone.curious1 said:
The makeshift door was made from a five by six sheet off camo fabric pinned around a pressure type "curtain" rod.
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For the life of me I cannot imagine how doctors, treatment professionals, etc. could let this leak. This is very priviledged information. Further, this facility is used to treating high-profile celebrities and the like - so I'd imagine utmost privacy is an extremely high priority for a place like Promises.shopper said:
I think this was either made-up by someone - or more likely - leaked by Spear's camp so she doesn't look sooo bad. The "post-partum" excuse is certainly more palatable and sympathetic than rampant drug use & partying.
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southcitymom said:
I will buy the PPD diagnoses only if as you said it is concurrent with addiction. I don't believe this is all PPD and believe me I have had bad PPD.
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Exactly! When I was in rehab for the pain-pill addiction, they do extensive psych examinations, run all kinds of tests (blood, etc.) - you're right - these types of "diagnosis" would certainly not be concluded in a couple days. What bull$hit.narlacat said:Oh well it must be true then
They worked that out pretty quick lol, she's only been in there how long? 5 days? that is not even long enough to have detoxed, there is no way they could assume that at this stage.
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It really is a good thing, angarella. Most people in treatment are at such a low place in their lives...the support of people who love you is invaluable. Additionally, most family members of addicts can learn a great deal for their own mental, spiritual and psychological paths by participating on some level in the treatment process. Addiction and mental illness are, in many regards, family diseases which effect more than just the "identified" patient.angarella said:
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Yes, of course any mental illness diagnosis would run right alongside the obvious substance abuse problem. And the mental illness cannot be fully identified and treated until the addict is clean - no question about that.Rachael said:
I personally think Britney was using drugs a good deal before she had any babies, but it may have been the combination of her rampant drug use in connection with her despair following childbirth that helped bring her to this (we can only hope) bottom.
If Britney can get clean, she will have the opportunity to delve into the scary, murky waters of why she has deceided to kill herself and block out life with drugs. When she can come face-to-face with those reasons, she will be well on her way to recovery - to making new choices that bring her light and life instead of pain and darkness.
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This is a bit long (12 minutes) but a terrific view:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7bbaRyDLMvA
In it, Craig Ferguson of the CBS late show gives a monologue where talks about Britney Spears, drinking, and his own experience.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7bbaRyDLMvA
In it, Craig Ferguson of the CBS late show gives a monologue where talks about Britney Spears, drinking, and his own experience.
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I saw that too - interesting.southcitymom said:
I just hope people don't think that when she gets better that it's then time for her "big comeback". While Britney may love to be an entertainer, I don't believe she can handle this type of extreme fame.
Can you imagine what it must have been like for her to have tens of thousands screaming fans at her concerts? That's gotta mess with your head a little bit. The extreme adulation, the screaming throng of thousands of people.....looking out into a sea of people and they're all there for you. I believe that in part shaped her during her development. That's got to be confusing.
Then anywhere she goes there are tons of papparazzi flanking her - flashbulbs going off every second. It's crazy.
I think some can cope with this type of situation - and others have more difficulty. I think it got to the point with Britney where she was just trying to escape......drugs, sex, strangers-"friends", etc. It's quite sad because I've had my eye on her for a while - because I couldn't believe how terrible she was looking - and I do think that Britney's really a mess. I think she has a lot to work on to even get close to "recovery". That's why I hope she isn't given one of these "Lindsay Lohan" type recovery plans - where two weeks later you're all better. Cured! Now let's get her back to work on that new album! No, I hope Britney takes it slow and gets back to the things that are important - namely her children and her family and loved ones.
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Compos Mentis said:
Great post!
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Britney will be told what Lindsey Lohan was told what everyone who goes to a reputable rehab is told: "Go to meetings, change your playmates and playgrounds, get a sponsor, work the steps." Whether she'll follow this advice or not remains to be seen.Compos Mentis said:
Recovery doesn't happen in rehab, though sometimes it begins there. Recovery from addiction is an ongoing, day-to-day process. Though I think it would be tremendously difficult to recover in the Hollywood world, plenty seem able to do it.
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southcitymom said:
A class act. Thanks for sharing that.
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Has anyone heard about Britney supposedly trying to hang herself with a bedsheet and screaming that she's the anti-christ? I'm searching for a link.