The National Enquirer has a sad story about how Britney Spears is hurting herself in a desperate attempt to have some control over her life. Last week, Kaiser wondered if this could be the case when Britney was seen with a large bruise on her left forearm, where it could have possibly been self inflicted. The Enquirer claims that Britney has been hurting herself with weights in her home gym in a desperate attempt to lash out at her parents’ control over every aspect of her life. They also tell a disturbing anecdote about how she once threw herself down the stairs in front of her mother. I’m really hoping this isn’t true, but given her history it very well could be.
To add to Britney’s woes, they report that the man we’ve all assumed is her boyfriend, Jason Trawick, is around in just a caretaker role and that there’s no romance between the two. (Kaiser wondered about this too.) That would explain all the breakup stories.
The troubled 28-year-old has thrown herself down stairs, dropped weights on her arms and legs, and repeatedly rips out her hair, insiders say.
Worried family members are desperately trying to keep a lid on her bizarre behavior, sources say, for fear she’ll be committed to a psych ward again…
“Britney wants to run her own life,” the source said. “Right now she can’t leave her own home, spend her own money or even get her nails done without her father’s permission.
The angry mother of two regularly flies into fits of rage and uses the equipment in her home gym to hurt herself, sources say.
“Britney has dropped weights on her arms and her legs, and she’s thrown temper tantrums that go on until she passes out from exhaustion,” the source divulged.
The stressed star has also been yanking out her hair, said the source. Her mother Lynne was shocked at the chaos in Britney’s home during a recent visit, said the source, and was horrified when Britney hurled herself down a flight of stairs.
“Britney and Lynne were preparing to go out, and Britney paused on the stairway that leads to the garage,” the close source divulged.
“She looked at her mother, and then she leaped off the top stair as if to make her watch. Lynne started screaming and lunged toward Britney to grab her. Fortunately, Britney’s bodyguards were able to catch her before she hit the floor.”
Britney is also upset about her lack of love life. Although it has been reported that she is dating her agent Jason Trawick, sources close to her say there is no romance, and that Britney’s dad brought him in to watch over her and help keep her stable.
[From The National Enquirer, print edition, April 12, 2010]
If this is true, it might explain why Britney’s mom and sister are now living with her. Maybe they just want to make sure she’s ok. She’s looking slightly better lately, but it’s she’s still not wearing a bra or showing very good personal grooming habits. Britney really needs to keep busy or she seems lost. She did so well on tour and a lot of people thought she was out of the woods. I hope this story is exaggerated or untrue and that she’s not dealing with the same mental health issues she had a couple of years ago.
sadness, poor thing needs to go back to Kentwoo
I heard K-Fed would take her back…He still loves her. I really do feel sorry for her because she does seem mentally challenged.
aw brit brit pull it together!!
She needs to get it together already and grow up. Maybe what her family needs to do is give her her money that she worked for and earned and let her attempt to be an adult. Remember when people became adults at age 18?? Those were the days.
She really reminds me of Wynona Rider in Girl, Interrupted.
So, what disorders are we dealing with here? Is she ready for sleep-away
The Enquirer has gotten more credible in recent years, but this story sounds too hokey and melodramatic to be 100% true. I believe about 10% of it. She probably is frustrated at not being in control of her own affairs and maybe she does pull her hair out sometimes (I think I’ve heard that before). She is not mentally all there, after all. But I don’t believe that dude Jason is hanging out just as a “minder” or something. They seem like they’re together. And throwing herself down some stairs in front of her mother? That’s over the top, LOL, I just don’t buy that!
She definitely has some mental problems. She went from being beloved and praised to mocked and ridiculed all within a few short years…that’s gotta fuck a person up.
she looks really cute with those big nerd glasses on. i hope this isnt true, altho i def think brit’s current state is best described as stabilized and tranquilized. i think she needs to find some really good mental health care professionals – a talk therapist that she feels comfortable with – and a psychopharmacologist – and maybe others – to help her identify what her true diagnosis is and what will best help her be able to live a more engaged life. the uber-control kept her safe when she was spiralling, and thank God for that, but i think now she needs a bit less control and a lot more condition-specific treatment.
This is so sad to me… as someone that used to self-harm, and suffered from clinical depression for many years, my heart goes out to Brit — to have to experience this while having the whole world watching is a hell I can’t even imagine. I’m going to have to go with the boys from South Park on this one — if we don’t leave her alone soon, and let her get herself together in privacy, she’ll probably end up committing suicide.
hmm. if she really has serious mental issues, such as Bipolarism or schizophrenia (as opposed to just having been a cracked out mess) then she won’t necessarily “get better”.
From what little I understand of these sort of disorders, the sufferer needs life long medications and often once they get on the meds, they start to feel better and think they will be “OK” without the meds, then they go off and revert to the same insanity. vicious, meet circle.
Doesn’t that seem to be the kind of cycle Br-it Brit is in?
As another poster said, if she actaully has mental issues that aren’t just situationally induced, then she will never get better and will need to be medicated and watched for the rear if her life, depending on what her issues are. Mental illness doesn’t “go away.”
I think she has borderline personality disorder and has experienced trauma of some sort. With some mood imbalances too. It totally looks like she pulls her hair out which explains the busted weaves.
She was so hyper sexualized as a young girl that I have often wondered if something unsavory happened to her.
I don’t think she will ever be well again. She needs to quietly retire to private life and heal. She is too pitiful to ever be on top like was before. It is so hard to remember that she is only 28 years old.
Yep, it’s unlikely that Britney will ever get better. I forsee a lot of institutionalizations and things of that nature in her life. I am sorry for her, but there’s nothing that anyone can really do as of right now. Medical science just hasn’t gotten to the point of being able to fix people this broken, sadly. I often thought that she was just stupid and screwed up by her celebtard upbringing, but the conservatorship kinda made me realize that she must be EXTREMELY mentally ill, because it is virtually impossible to get a conservatorship or the equivalent in the US. So she’s a mess. However, I hope she is NOT dating that ugly old nasty Jason dude, he is gross and she does not need to be focusing on pointless relationship BS at this time, she needs to focus on HERSELF and her children. *sigh*
It’s not a mood she can change if she wants – it’s a disability.
I don’t know but I can’t help but wonder if pregancy threw her hormones and body chemistry out of whack cuz all her problems seem to start after that. At least that we know of.
I was watching some Britney videos from back in the day and compared them to videos she’s put out since Circus came out. Before, she just seemed to be so focused and on point, but now…she doesn’t seem to be super into the dancing and appears to not be all there.
I wonder how much of this stems from messing up the relationship with Justin. Add being in the spotlight all the time…eesh.
That arm thing doesn’t look like a bruise – it looks more like a lasered tatt to me.
@gg
I think the “bruise” is the lips tattoo she had.
Hello Her mom and her sister aren’t living with her and that bruise was gone two days later.
She’s not right – that much is clear from the photos. Personal grooming is next to nil, no bra more often than not with headlights askew, vacant expression, lipstick applied oddly. I’ve never bought that she and Jason were in a relationship – I’d never even seen a picture of them holding hands until recently. And now it looks like the stress is taking its toll on him as he is looking more and more seedy (kinda the Brad syndrome). Her hair pulling makes sense – no wonder her hair never looks decent. I don’t know that I think that is a bruise on her arm though.
Man, if I had her money, I would look so good. I kind of like the tank top jeans and big glasses look. It is better than usual. The paps hound her relentlessly like they are trying to drive her even nuttier.
She’s wearing a bra last 2 photos! I can see it (is it?)!! And the glasses looks cute on her.. she need to fix the weight and the hairs and she’ll be fine. As for her mental status I too think that the busier the better. So, go make another cd, do something Brit!
It’s hard enough just getting a diagnosis, i really feel for her, it’s a tough business being nuts. I used to slash up my arms, put myself in hospital, repeatedly tried to get help from condescending doctors who would pat me on the back & more or less tell me to toughen up.. and nobody believed that i had hurt myself, it was like living in the fucking twilight zone. Maybe it’s just where i live but the mental health system is HOPELESS. Poor Brit, mentally stable people don’t get it. Those are some really desperate things to do to yourself, pure desperation.
If my father was controlling my life like hers is I would be pissed also. Im not sure he has all good intentions like everyone thinks.
I self-harm and I think that if she is mentally ill then she needs to get help. Selfharming is just as addictive as any drug, and can do just as much phscological damage.