So, if I recently e-mailed you and told you that I "needed your help" and "opinion" on something...it was not this post. Look below to my Material Girl post and help me out with that.
THIS, is an entirely different and much less important topic: "Unfitney" Spears.
So, I recently read an article talking about Britney and her relationship with her sons. I'm sure that I don't have to review you on what is going on with her---erratic behavior, drug abuse, losing custody of her kids, getting arrested for hit and run and no license, etc., etc. And I read all of the garbage that is posted and written about her. It's an obsession. I guess because of her "fall from grace" she is very intriguing to me. How could someone that high up go so low? AND, what exactly will be her "rock bottom?" It's interesting. Especially for someone like me who has always wanted to be a performer and has wondered why so many performers seem to fall so hard after achieving celebrity status.
Anywho, to the point: in a lot of the articles, the journalists try to pinpoint what caused her fall from grace. They have many theories- her "daddy issues", her predisposition to alcohol and drugs because of her father's struggle with addiction, her break-up with Justin Timberlake, fame and paparazzi....but I think that those are all bullshit (especially blaming the pressure of being in the public eye----BULLSHIT!) I want to propose a much more rational and, in my opinion, SOUND explanation for what I think happened......
So, in the article I was reading, it mentioned how several insiders said that Britney had "no interest" in her kids and got "frustrated when they cried." They also said their seemed to be "no bond" when she held them and that they seemed very much like a "burden" to her. She seemed to have no emotional connection with them.
UUUUMMMM......am I crazy or does this sound EXACTLY like POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION?
Have you ever seen anyone with post-partum depression or read about it? This is how mothers suffering from it act. They have no interest in dealing with their newborn and they resent it. They oftentimes get on medication for this and tumble into a deep depression. Occasionally they become addicted to prescription drugs.
Let's look at the time line:
*Britney releases her first album at 16
*Britney has a successful career for 8 years
*Britney gets married and is still wildly successful
*Britney has kids*
*Britney starts abusing drugs and alcohol and acting erradic
HELLO! She is abusing drugs and alcohol to deal with her post-partum depression. I'm no therapist but I can see it from a million miles away....it's like knowing that a girl who stays in an abusive relationship has low self-esteem and also probably some "daddy issues". It's pretty clear-cut.
Anyway- I just don't know why I haven't read any articles talking about this. Anyone who has taken a semester of Psych in college can figure it out. Why aren't the professionals talking about this?
Thoughts?
The Wiz
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Sounds to me like you learned a thing or two from Arpin.
Arpin! Love it. You're so right, Carey.
I guess the reason that it all bugs me so much is because I have to listen to so many idiot journalist talk about her poor parenting skills or her being a "bad mom." She's not a bad mom- she has a legitimate disease that makes her uninterested in her kids. It's not her fault. A lot of women go through it. I mean don't get me wrong- I loath Britney's music and I think she's an idiot...but I thought all of that BEFORE she had kids. In light of the post-partum depression I just feel sorry for her.
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