Britney From Totally Fab to Totally Into Rehab

The paparazzi are losing money. A hairstylist is making money. A young child and a baby are left to cry for their mother. At twenty-five young Britney Spears has seen her life go from international star to crashing bumper cars.

The hypocritic oath toward Britney

I can see the judgmental moms shaking their heads telling their daughter “this is not what you want to be.” These are the same moms who either at one time worshipped the ground the golden girl walked on or fed into the Britney cravings of an older child. Some will even sit back and say “poor little Britney, what went wrong?” Which leaves me to wonder if there is truth in the expression “seeing with a blind eye?”

A contemplation for all mother’s and Britney’s mom.

The public uproar over Britney’s childcare faux pas was huge. You all helped to fuel the headline news. You stayed up to catch the replay on the eleven o’clock news. You indulged in the tabloids and so-called regular newspapers that made the incidents front page news. Judging from the outpour of disdain garnered by the public, protecting young children is a major concern. Britney is someone’s child. You let her live the life of a rising star. You fed into the “miss prefect to good too be true persona.” Then after a short outrage, you went along with the “bad girl all grown and dirty” image. You bought the clothes, the records, the videos and the obscene number of mindless paraphernalia. When you did, you paid to help Britney, someone’s child, live a life of dangerous instability. Britney’s mom reaped the financial blessings along the way giving her child her own mark of approval.

Could we be in the era of the wake up call?

Anna Nicole Smith, Tupac, Hunter S. Thompson are famous names whose lifestyles we fed into led to their demise. The evangelic Princess Di is rumored to have been into cocaine. Let’s not get into celebrities whose marriages were on a egg timer. As I wrote in ” How We Created Inga Marchand Elmore Rual Torn Etc.,” the public fuels their lifestyles. We live in awe. Britney by age 25 has had multiple career makeovers and comebacks. Think about it, at the age of 25 she has gone from being famous to being famous for being famous. A life seemingly devoid of the elements that fed the adrenaline this young woman grew up on. When everything went wrong, she took solace in her children. We fueled every more discord by ruining that final comfort in her life. We began applying the microscope on her handling of her own children.

Again with the blind eye

We consumed the news and the tabloids splashes that exploited the signs of self-destruction. The instability in personal relationships resulted in headlines. Many will pride themselves as clairvoyants that call the breakup with Justin Timberlake the beginning of the end. This is nothing more pathetic then people who sit on their living room sofas chanting I told you so or what did you expect. These are the same people who live their own empty lives passing judgment on what they cannot do. They never remember when this all started they too were guilty of having the blind eye.

Depression anyone?

Instable relationships, multiple relationships in a short time, self-destructive behavior, inability to cope, and self-inflicted injury the list goes on. I wish I had a penny for every idiot that sat back and said “What?” when the Britney head shaving story broke. With all the demeaning incidents in the last year, how could anyone miss the roadside billboard for depression? No instead, people looked on. Some did so for profit. For example, I cannot tell who is more pathetic, the hairstylist selling the hair sheared off Brit’s head by her own hand or the idiots bidding for it on eBay. With such display of cold crassness all about her, can there be anyone question why the child-woman has an emotional problem?

Depression a celeb in thing

Zach Braff of the TV show “Scrubs” and singer actress Mandy Moore dated and broke up. In the aftermath, both claimed to suffer from depression. After international star, Ashley Judd gave the disease a gracious face it would seem that more stars are coming out of the depression closet. The trend appears to be slowly picking up as the in thing to do. Excluding Ashley Judd, I feel the slow tide of admittance for most is another cop out for the actions and demeanors of the famous. I also feel it will shroud the serious reality around of the Britney’s in this world. Right now, she is the cover girl, but many others are peering out from behind her hiding what they think is their shame.

Some facts about depression

Depression is a disease. Last year 21 million people suffered some from of the disease. Only 8% of those received and maintained a treatment program. Many who sought treatment would only received the pills to mask the problems and symptoms and never dealt with the causes. Maybe it’s here Britney Spears can come out a real star by following through with a complete program and showing the world what a real star she can be. It would be nice for her children to finally have their mother to themselves. Good luck, Brit.