Twitney Spears enters rehab! Threads Merged

[AlwaysShocked]

There is a video at www.tmz.com where the site owner (Harvey Klein is it?) is being interviewed about her melt down. He and the interviewer discuss whether this could be onset of mental illness vs. substance abuse.

Klein states that she may be depressed but that according to many who know and hang out with her, this is most definitely a substance abuse problem. He also said he did not feel free to say which substance.

Any guesses on her drug(s) of choice?

Mine are: Alcohol, for sure. Plus others, but don't know which ones. She was surely out of it in that one video from several years ago.

 

[OneLostGrl]

IMO- the biggest problem with "diagnosing" her mentally ill is that no doctor, going by the diagnostic criteria, could *ever* diagnose her as long as she is using drugs and or alcohol.

Like I said before, she is obviously going through a lot- I can see and appreciate that. but using alcohol and drugs only makes things worse and doesn't allow for a true picture of what is really going on. It clearly states in all "major" mental illness diagnostic criteria that the problem can not be a direct result of drug or alcohol abuse. That is because alcohol and drug abuse symptoms can, and do, mimic mental illness.

Bipolar disorder is a lot more intense and life altering than I have seen of Britney lately. She never fails to show up at a bar someplace... Some days I didn't have enough concentration to dress myself. Some days I couldn't find my way out of the kitchen let alone make it to a bar. So, I'm sorry but I just do not feel that what we are seeing in Britney is Bipolar.

Sure, I have done these kinds of stupid a$$ things while manic, but people do things just as stupid while under the influence. Acting on impulse and partying is not indicative of Bipolar disorder. It is frustrating to those of us who have it when people assume a person who is getting wasted all the time and screwing up their life has Bipolar.

*Everyone* is more than qualified to screw up their life!

that's all I was getting at- wasn't trying to say others have no right to their opinion.. I'm sorry if that didn't come across the way it was meant!

 

[OneLostGrl]

There is a video at www.tmz.com where the site owner (Harvey Klein is it?) is being interviewed about her melt down. He and the interviewer discuss whether this could be onset of mental illness vs. substance abuse.

Klein states that she may be depressed but that according to many who know and hang out with her, this is most definitely a substance abuse problem. He also said he did not feel free to say which substance.

Any guesses on her drug(s) of choice?

Mine are: Alcohol, for sure. Plus others, but don't know which ones. She was surely out of it in that one video from several years ago.

At that time I felt she had the eyes of a person on X.. though I have no clue what she is using now. Or even if she is using anything other than Alcohol.

I hope she gets clean. She is a beautiful girl who I feel has a lovely singing voice. She has those 2 beautiful boys who it's obvious she loves, and they need their momma back!

I am praying for her recovery!

 

[poco]

Just checking, Saturday, 3:00 p.m. EST..... is she in or out?

 

[Mygirlsadie]

I guess she is still in rehab if not believe me the paparazzi would have it all over the news. As far as her never THINKING I think she never thinks because she has never had to think for herself. She don't know how to be her own person. Since a little kid trying to make it in the buisness she was told what to do where to go what to say how to act etc etc etc... and this is our finished product..25 bald 2 kids almost divorced sitting in rehab..nice.

 

[HeartofTexas]

I'm going to respectfully disagree with you here.

I certainly would not call what we have seen with Britney a "slump". This is very serious and very sad. I also do not agree that her mom or anyone in her supposed support system has done a "great job". I think her parents - who are supposed to protect and care for her - have throughout the years allowed such exposure of this very young girl that it cummulated into what we are seeing today.

I do not think that Lynne & Jamie Spears are bad people or that they had bad intentions. I do not think they did all this with their daughter just to get rich, etc. What I do think is that when Britney was young - just getting out of being a Mouseketeer and starting her solo career - that mom & dad were too naive to really know how to stand up to the "machine" that was surrounding Britney at that time.

When Britney did her "Baby one more Time" video and the subsequent cover shoots, etc. - she was a young girl being exploited - in every way. Those cover shots on Rolling Stone of her in just her underware - the increasingly sexualized packaging of her, etc. THAT'S where I think her parents really dropped the ball. Instead of carefully considering what was happening to their own daughter and putting their foot down at some point - they just let the machine suck their daughter right in.

Since then, Britney's fame snowballed bigger & faster than Lynne & Jamie could have probably ever imagined. I think everyone just got swept away with it all. And here's Britney, this young lady who never received a proper education, who is now supporting this whole machine. I can't imagine what it must have been like for her - huge concerts where everyone is dependent on you. The stage crews, techies, album producers, concert promoters, body-guards, costume people, on & on ......... & if you don't perform ALL these people will be let down. That just doesn't seem right to do to a gal who was so young. I don't think Britney's parents had the intelligence, guts, common-sense & wherewithall to really know how to step in and protect their daughter from this giant machine.

Anyway - now Britney's cracked. The train(wreck) has long left the station. I can't help but think Britney's "rehabilitation" is not just about helping her any drug/alcohol abuse - but much deeper problems that have been simmering for years. I don't think she's ever had or allowed herself any time or space for reflection. I think she's a runner. She runs from her problems. She's totally impulsive. Hair, clothes, houses, interviews, whatever. I don't think she ever THINKS. And as a result, her problems never get sorted out. They just get buried, and buried and buried until it builds up so much that you cannot avoid it anymore. I think she's at that point now. There's no more room to hide.

Great post, Compos Mentis. Very nice summarization. I think Britney has been crying out since she ran off to Vegas for her 50+ hour marriage to the guy from high school. It's been pretty much downhill since then, IMO.

 

[Mygirlsadie]

I also noticed that she never talked about Jayden even during her pregnancy. She never seemed happy to me about being pregnant with him. During her Dateline interview when Matt Lauer asked her how far along she is she didnt know. She said I don't really know I think 6 or 7 months. Then after the baby was born...nothing. I just wonder if baby #2 wasnt something she really wanted?.. IDK..I just hope she gets help and the paparazzi back off a little. Regardless of what we all think the girl does deserve her privacy because in the end of the day she is human just like us.Also I just heard that Kevin has been visiting her and staying with her in rehab for a cpl. hours a day since she got there. I think that is wonderful and it shows that he really does love and care about her.

 

[luthersmama]

I also noticed that she never talked about Jayden even during her pregnancy. She never seemed happy to me about being pregnant with him. During her Dateline interview when Matt Lauer asked her how far along she is she didnt know. She said I don't really know I think 6 or 7 months. Then after the baby was born...nothing. I just wonder if baby #2 wasnt something she really wanted?.. IDK..I just hope she gets help and the paparazzi back off a little. Regardless of what we all think the girl does deserve her privacy because in the end of the day she is human just like us.Also I just heard that Kevin has been visiting her and staying with her in rehab for a cpl. hours a day since she got there. I think that is wonderful and it shows that he really does love and care about her.

As I have said before, I think she was dissappointed that she didn't get the little girl that she "expected" this time. I don't think she has bonded with him AT ALL.

I have never, ever been a fan of hers, and I think much of her behavior has been self-promoting nonsense. However, I feel that she has SEVERE post partum depression and that she needs proper treatment ASAP. I had PPD twice and didn't recognize it either time. I was fortunate to get help, despite denial of what was wrong.

She's never been a "role model" IMHO. I think she has no singing voice at all. She can dance and can "entertain" but her talent is limited.

Nonetheless, I see a sad soul who needs help and, for the sake of her children if not for her, I hope she gets it.

 

[Floh]

I also noticed that she never talked about Jayden even during her pregnancy. She never seemed happy to me about being pregnant with him. During her Dateline interview when Matt Lauer asked her how far along she is she didnt know. She said I don't really know I think 6 or 7 months. Then after the baby was born...nothing. I just wonder if baby #2 wasnt something she really wanted?.. IDK..I just hope she gets help and the paparazzi back off a little. Regardless of what we all think the girl does deserve her privacy because in the end of the day she is human just like us.Also I just heard that Kevin has been visiting her and staying with her in rehab for a cpl. hours a day since she got there. I think that is wonderful and it shows that he really does love and care about her.

Yes, what about that? is there a chance they might get back together?

it didn't seem like a marriage made in heaven and i was the first to cheer when i heard she'd booted him out, however she seems to have rapidly declined since the split.


Kevin Federline Visits Britney Spears in Rehab

Spears, 25, is currently being treated at Promises in Malibu. A source familiar with the situation says Federline, 28, has been involved in her stay there. "He cares a lot about her," the source said.

Federline stopped by the facility on Friday and stayed about an hour and a half.


http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20012207_20013222,00.html

 

[dingo]

Brittany is a spoilt bratt...and she needs somebody to bring her sorry back down to earth.
My daughter is the same age as Brit and had problems too....altho she had enough sense not to get pregnant....Brit has the resourses to get top quality help for herself...I have no sympathy for her at all..if she wasnt Britt Speats she would be just another homeless person by now.

 

[reb]

oh, dammit. must be a really slow news day... the war rages on, how many people got killed today? 30? 300? who knows. america's going to hell, gap between rich & poor widening every day, let's play the fiddle while rome burns. so somehow i've ended up on the 'twitney' thread (lol!), wondering what's the latest with her & her panties (narla? you here? lol)... crap, it feels like i've lost a few millions brain cells already.

anyway... i have little interest in this person other than the fact that she symbolizes how utterly dumbed-down our culture has gotten- so maybe there's some kitsch value there...? maybe if you're a 12 year-old girl dreaming of becoming a star, or a pervert dreaming of 12-year old girls.... well, maybe she'd be your cup of tea. as for the music-- yuck, pretty fake & cheesy, from what i've heard. then again this is teenybopper music we're taking about here... and we are all adults here, aren't we......??

anyway.... i just heard that miss thing shaved off her lovely golden locks and attacked the paparazzi with an umbrella. and to that,, i just have one thing to say -----AWESOME----- YOU GO!!!
and so now everyone's all freaked out saying she's insane and needs to be locked up?? please, that's probably the sanest thing she's ever done!!
this girl whored herself out to the hiddest bidder at a young age... and spread her underage T & A all over the world, flaunting her mostly-naked body in pornographic videos, performances, magazines.. feeding the fantasies of pedophiles everywhere.. and she now wonders why everyone's obsessed with her & wants everyone to leave her alone? please. sorry, she created that monster... you reap what you sow honey. too bad your momma never taught you that.
still, you can only be a fake perfect celebrity for so long.... and i think this is her way of saying a big "F- YOU" to the world, to fame, to the paparazzi, to everyone who expects her to be this perfect thing, because i think in her heart she just really wants to be poor white trash, living in a trailer knocked up with 5 kids.. so for chrissakes, people. just let her be that! she can't sing anyway, and i wouldn't call what she does dancing- from what i've seen she just kind of writhes & flops her head around. the rest is just smoke, mirrors, and lots of airbrushing. like most child stars, she probably has no idea who she is... and having the world treat you like you are god incarnate is enough to drive anyone insane. and yet everyone is like "quick-- put that girl away... so she can get 'fixed'-- learn to behave, and act like her normal (i.e., slutty) self again", yeah- and go back to being a to the pop-music machine, cranking out no-brainer hits for the music industry CEO's to make millions from... so i say, shave it all off girl... go ballistic.. smash some more cars up, beat up some more paparazzi stalkers, gnash your teeth, scream and curse. c'mon,, let us know you're human!! the only thing that would have been even cooler.. was if she'd put a manson 'x' on her forehead-- that would have really freaked everyone out! can you imagine?? that would have been awesome.

as for her kids... well, too bad she procreated in the first place... but,, too late now. if she really hates the publicity, she can always RETIRE, go live with her millions.. and spare us her squeaky, herky-jerky, over-processed, little-girl robot voice. hey-- if you don't want to do anything constructive with your fame, then at least go live in your mansion, let yourself go, and eventually the paparazzi really will leave you alone. problem solved.
and maybe in her spare time she could actually go to college & get an education.. (hhmmm,, now there's a radical concept).. not only improving her own life (and brain)-- but also she'd be setting a good example, for once.
as for the alleged pill problem.. jeezus, didn't she ever read judy garland's biography? human beings are just not cut out for the american "star machine". like i always say... fame kills.

 

[angarella]

Since when are you allowed to have visitors in Rehab? :waitasec:

 

[Mygirlsadie]

I think your allowed visitors certain hours of the day for certain therapy sessions or something like that. I remember hearing something about family sessions or idk it was something like that.

Since when are you allowed to have visitors in Rehab? :waitasec:

 

[Utopia]

I suspect you are right Mygirl, this sounds less like a "visit" and more like a requirement for a therapy session. Those reporting don't know the reason why Kevin is there and obviously neither do we - it's all supposition. The main thing is that she is still there and hopefully getting the help she so desperately needs.

 

[GonzoReiter]

Brittany is a spoilt bratt...and she needs somebody to bring her sorry back down to earth.
My daughter is the same age as Brit and had problems too....altho she had enough sense not to get pregnant....Brit has the resourses to get top quality help for herself...I have no sympathy for her at all..if she wasnt Britt Speats she would be just another homeless person by now.

I have loved Britney since the day she turned 18 and not one day before. As a singer, a mother and a die-hard supporter of President Bush and the Republican Party she has been an inspiration to young people...

When my beloved Republican Party tried to pass the Federal Marriage Amendment last summer, their aim was to protect the institution of marriage, which is the basic building block of our society, from being destroyed by gay marriage.

But if we Republicans really wanted to save the institution of holy matrimony, why didn't we try and save Britney's marriage?...and now look at the result. What kind of message are they sending to today's youth? Saving Britney's marriage would have given us Republicans our one last chance to redeem ourselves in the eyes of the American people.

conservatives world wide weep...

 

[narlacat]

oh, dammit. must be a really slow news day... the war rages on, how many people got killed today? 30? 300? who knows. america's going to hell, gap between rich & poor widening every day, let's play the fiddle while rome burns. so somehow i've ended up on the 'twitney' thread (lol!), wondering what's the latest with her & her panties (narla? you here? lol)... crap, it feels like i've lost a few millions brain cells already.

anyway... i have little interest in this person other than the fact that she symbolizes how utterly dumbed-down our culture has gotten- so maybe there's some kitsch value there...? maybe if you're a 12 year-old girl dreaming of becoming a star, or a pervert dreaming of 12-year old girls.... well, maybe she'd be your cup of tea. as for the music-- yuck, pretty fake & cheesy, from what i've heard. then again this is teenybopper music we're taking about here... and we are all adults here, aren't we......??

anyway.... i just heard that miss thing shaved off her lovely golden locks and attacked the paparazzi with an umbrella. and to that,, i just have one thing to say -----AWESOME----- YOU GO!!!
and so now everyone's all freaked out saying she's insane and needs to be locked up?? please, that's probably the sanest thing she's ever done!!
this girl whored herself out to the hiddest bidder at a young age... and spread her underage T & A all over the world, flaunting her mostly-naked body in pornographic videos, performances, magazines.. feeding the fantasies of pedophiles everywhere.. and she now wonders why everyone's obsessed with her & wants everyone to leave her alone? please. sorry, she created that monster... you reap what you sow honey. too bad your momma never taught you that.
still, you can only be a fake perfect celebrity for so long.... and i think this is her way of saying a big "F- YOU" to the world, to fame, to the paparazzi, to everyone who expects her to be this perfect thing, because i think in her heart she just really wants to be poor white trash, living in a trailer knocked up with 5 kids.. so for chrissakes, people. just let her be that! she can't sing anyway, and i wouldn't call what she does dancing- from what i've seen she just kind of writhes & flops her head around. the rest is just smoke, mirrors, and lots of airbrushing. like most child stars, she probably has no idea who she is... and having the world treat you like you are god incarnate is enough to drive anyone insane. and yet everyone is like "quick-- put that girl away... so she can get 'fixed'-- learn to behave, and act like her normal (i.e., slutty) self again", yeah- and go back to being a to the pop-music machine, cranking out no-brainer hits for the music industry CEO's to make millions from... so i say, shave it all off girl... go ballistic.. smash some more cars up, beat up some more paparazzi stalkers, gnash your teeth, scream and curse. c'mon,, let us know you're human!! the only thing that would have been even cooler.. was if she'd put a manson 'x' on her forehead-- that would have really freaked everyone out! can you imagine?? that would have been awesome.

as for her kids... well, too bad she procreated in the first place... but,, too late now. if she really hates the publicity, she can always RETIRE, go live with her millions.. and spare us her squeaky, herky-jerky, over-processed, little-girl robot voice. hey-- if you don't want to do anything constructive with your fame, then at least go live in your mansion, let yourself go, and eventually the paparazzi really will leave you alone. problem solved.
and maybe in her spare time she could actually go to college & get an education.. (hhmmm,, now there's a radical concept).. not only improving her own life (and brain)-- but also she'd be setting a good example, for once.
as for the alleged pill problem.. jeezus, didn't she ever read judy garland's biography? human beings are just not cut out for the american "star machine". like i always say... fame kills.

Out of all the 1000's of posts on the Brits thread, someone finally got it.
Brits has no idea who she is.

Oh and Masterj, of course Brits doesnt sleep around, wonder why I thought that maybe it has something to do with the fact she runs around town with no underwear on and hearing stories from groups of girls that have had sex with her- silly me

 

[narlacat]

I have loved Britney since the day she turned 18 and not one day before. As a singer, a mother and a die-hard supporter of President Bush and the Republican Party she has been an inspiration to young people...

When my beloved Republican Party tried to pass the Federal Marriage Amendment last summer, their aim was to protect the institution of marriage, which is the basic building block of our society, from being destroyed by gay marriage.

But if we Republicans really wanted to save the institution of holy matrimony, why didn't we try and save Britney's marriage?...and now look at the result. What kind of message are they sending to today's youth? Saving Britney's marriage would have given us Republicans our one last chance to redeem ourselves in the eyes of the American people.

conservatives world wide weep...

I've woken up in a different dimsension again lol

 

[reb]

gonzo, LOL-- you crack me up!!
narla.. me too.. LOL.. what century are we in?? i think gonzo's joking though (hopefully).

but i don't think she's a 'die-hard supporter of President Bush and the Republican Party'.... she just doesn't have a brain to think for herself... so she goes with whatever the media machine tells her pretty little mouth to say.

 

[narlacat]

gonzo, LOL-- you crack me up!!
narla.. me too.. LOL.. what century are we in?? i think gonzo's joking though (hopefully).

but i don't think she's a 'die-hard supporter of President Bush and the Republican Party'.... she just doesn't have a brain to think for herself... so she goes with whatever the media machine tells her pretty little mouth to say.

I think so

I've never even thought Brits was pretty, looked pretty good in some of her clips.........but in real life she just doesnt get it....
Ive never once seen her in a decent outfit, best outfit she ever wore was that one piece red number in one of her clips that time...

 

[GonzoReiter]

gonzo, LOL-- you crack me up!!
narla.. me too.. LOL.. what century are we in?? i think gonzo's joking though (hopefully).

but i don't think she's a 'die-hard supporter of President Bush and the Republican Party'.... she just doesn't have a brain to think for herself... so she goes with whatever the media machine tells her pretty little mouth to say.

If we Republicans really want to protect the institution of marriage, and aren't simply using the gay marriage ban as a wedge issue in today's politics, then we should prove our dedication to this cause by introducing the Defense of Britney's Marriage Act as the first order of business when Congress re-convenes next week...and President Bush should (and would) sign it. I am sure that Britney would have no problem with the Federal government intervening to stop her divorce since she once said, as depicted in the Michael Moore's film Farenheit 9/11,

"Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision he makes and should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens."

​

So please write to your Congressmen and Senators and ask them to save Britney's and K-Fed's marriage now--before it is too late.