What's cool for Britney is cool for us right?
Since the beautiful, young bombshell hit the public eye in 1999 with her international hit "Hit Me Baby One More Time", many people have wanted to actually hit Britney Spears. What started out as a normal, sweet 17 year old American teen, soon turned into the nightmare that we know today.
Just open your newspaper or go to yahoo.com, it wont be long before you see her name plastered all over the pages, she's everywhere. As her behavior becomes more and more erratic, the singer gets more and more attention. She thrives off of it, desperately.
GET HELP
Britney Spears was hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center for a psychiatric hold early lastThursday morning, after being transported by ambulance from her Studio City home around 1 a.m. An LAPD source tells PEOPLE: "Spears was escorted by police and is on her way to get help."
I think I have an answer for the first question, but not a clue about the second.
She's bipolar, or at least claiming to be.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
It's a 'disease' that's also known as manic depression or manic-depressive illness— and involves dramatic shifts in mood from the highs of mania to the lows of major depression.
According to helpguide.org some signs of the 'condition' include:
- Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity
- Euphoric mood
- Extreme irritability
- Decreased need for sleep
- More talkative than usual
- Racing thoughts
- Distractibility
- Increase in goal-directed activity or psychomotor agitation
- Risky behavior
- Impaired judgment
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/bipolar_disorder_symptoms_treatment.htm
The question remains, however, about whether or not Britney, or other normal people who are under constant, stress actually have a "medical condition" or is it a side effect of the lives that they live?
With Americans becoming more fast paced everyday, and focused on physical, and mental perfection, one has to wonder if the pressure to acheive (and the inevitable failures) of today's society are a cause of these such 'conditions'. Are we only exhibiting natural behaviors that would arise after being under such trememdous stress? Isnt that how we are biologically designed to operate under stress? The Fight or Flight theory sure sounds familiar right about now...
And while looking at the list, I can definitely identify with many of the symptoms, but what college age student with the weight of the world on their shoulders wouldn't?
Think about it.
Britney, I feel for you.
A link to an awesome article from The Times "How We Get Labeled":
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004091-1,00.html
In case you've been living under a rock for about 8 years, here's some background on Britney Spears: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britney_Spears
8 comments:
Poor Britney... she just really needs to get away (stay there for a good while) and deal with her mental issues. At first I thought she was doing this for publicity, but after she shaved her hair and that eerie performance at the VMAs, I'm pretty sure something is seriously wrong in her head. If its not bipolar disorder, it's probably post-partum depression...either way it isn't nomral.
By the way cool pics of u at WU, esp. the one w/ u kissing the guy on the "P.S. I love u" ad, FUNNY!
hahaha. I agree with you. She needs something. Thanks for the compliment on the pics!!!
I think it was good that you separated it with subtitles. Britney has a lot going on with herself. It was cute that you titled one subtitle get help! I also appreciated and thought it was a good idea to tell what bipolar really is. Good one!
I loved the pics. They made me miss my cats! Good info about bipolar disorder, too!
Arielle,
I really look forward to reading your blog about mental illnesses or psychiatric conditions.
I myself have suffered from clinical depression. But right now I'm strong.
Thanks again for blogging about this topic.
Got it Journalism guy and all of you wonderful folks for commenting on my blog! keep 'em coming!
While many people do suffer from the stress of everyday life, many people have actual mental diseases. Bi-Polar is not something that can be solved by taking stress out of life...it just doesn't work that way and neither do many other mental health issues.
I'm just saying that its hard to tell the difference. because people handle things differently than others. It is common for people to be misdiagnosed.
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