so Britney Spears has been in a mental health treatment facility and recently
there was a little bit of a protest called the free Britney movement or
something like that because they believe that Britney Spears was being held
against her will in a mental health facility but in this video what we're
gonna discuss is there might be a little bit more than people what is up
everybody this is Chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the problem but
focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel what I'd like to do is
pull it with topics from pop culture or the YouTube community to see what we can
learn and something I'm very passionate about is mental health and mental health
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notification about so full disclaimer I am a licensed therapist or psychologist
or anything like that I am somebody who has had my own personal experience with
anxiety depression addiction issues and I've also worked at a mental health
treatment facility that specialized in addiction for a little over three years
but we were a dual diagnosis facility so we also help people with mental
illnesses alright and that's gonna be important as we talk about these next
subjects so anyways go back so Britney Spears um she was doing a Las Vegas
residency
she entered into a mental health treatment facility and anyways just
recently there was a massive protest where tons and tons and tons of fans
came together to talk about free Britney because there's this little conspiracy
going around that Britney Spears is being held against her will
alright so anyway it's like like okay let me just show you this clip real
quick we can't speak exactly to her mental health but we can't speak to what
we've seen as fans and as the public and what she's able to do and it's obvious
that she shouldn't be under that amount of control can you again we can't speak
exactly to her mental health but we can't speak to what we've seen as fans
okay all right so you guys like conspiracy
theories are fun like when Shane Dawson was talking about Chuck the cheese pizza
it's like EEE that's kind of fun all right the like
here's the issue his issues so many people and this is one of the reasons
why I talk about it on my channel like so many people do not understand mental
health or mental health treatment and it sucks and something I try to do is just
increase awareness so silly things like this do not happen like people are out
there protesting and talking about a conspiracy and it's absolutely
ridiculous okay so let's go back to Britney Spears father being a
conservative okay so he is somebody who's making decisions for her there's
been some talk and debate about whether or not legally he could take her into a
mental health treatment facility and all that kind of stuff okay now like let's
just let's just have a moment let's sit down with our friend logic real quick
not the rapper just logic like human logic okay
damn this is crazy like Britney Spears had one of the most public mental
breakdowns in modern history okay like everybody everybody remembers that is it
possible is it possible I'm just gonna throw this out there for a second is it
possible that Britney Spears sang her whole like ability to make these like
decisions over to her father during that period of time because she acknowledged
that she is not mentally well is that possibility like if I was a betting man
which sometimes I am I would bet that that's what happened okay so so yeah
like something that I read this morning and the source was TMZ I don't know how
reliable they are but anyways they said that she was originally checked in
because her father's health was affecting Britney Spears mental health
right but timsy reported that one of the things was was that she stopped taking
her medications and philip defranco talked about that today too and what
things is a side effect of many mental health medications is very dangerous
okay for for many mental health medications like one of the side effects
if you get off of them without like a doctor helping you get off of them
you can become suicidal okay terrible things can happen and some people can
have seizures some people can have heart issues you know sometimes there's
withdrawal okay and here's the thing like I don't know
Britney Spears I don't know what she was going through I don't know what
medication she was on but here's the thing working in the mental health
facility like that word like the addiction treatment center like I used
to have to talk to clients all the time about medications and why not to stop
them I'm not a doctor but I'm somebody who's played that game before okay I
take lexapro for anxiety and depression it's a non-narcotic medication that
helps me out and there were a few times in my early sobriety where I just
stopped taking them feel better I stopped taking them and I wouldn't lose
my mind Oh lose my mind because I just stopped taking them cold turkey and the
panic attacks will just come right back and I'm one of the fortunate ones for
many people especially an addiction recovery who quit taking their
medications they relapse they relapse okay so I'd have to talk to be able
might listen you might not have to be on your medications forever like I have
personally weaned off my medications many times like after I learned my harsh
lesson I've done it with a doctor and I've been asked my medications for
periods of time around like six months to a year I've been back on it for like
the last year or so you know but it's been with a doctor and like that's cool
but I seen so many people come back into treatment because they got off their
medications so let's let's go back to logic real quick I think do you think
that Britney Spears father may have made the right choice by getting her help
because she got four medications one of the biggest things that I've seen from a
lot of people who got off their medications is this they say I've
stopped taking my medications because I felt better well guess what here's the
secret okay yeah felt better because the medications were working okay this is
why you talk with the doctor and you talk about your symptoms and they take
you off slowly and you follow up with the doctor you're talking about is
anything arising anything coming up like I had to have
like a whole plan in place as I came off of my medications I did some videos
about this a while back the last time I went off next phone then I like went
back on it and everything but like I decide things in place so it could be
very very dangerous to do this okay the next thing the next thing yet I think a
lot of people are neglecting is that Britney Spears has been in the public
spotlight since she was a child like we're talking like Mickey Mouse Club
type stuff okay like I don't know how old you are watching this video but do
you remember the Mickey Mouse Club that seamless ages ago like she was all over
like Justin Timberlake all right there were children they've been in the public
spotlight since they were kids and I don't know if you've heard but a
lot of kids who grew up in that industry they develop issues when they get older
so there's a high chance that Britney Spears might be dealing with these
issues because she has constantly been in the public spotlight all right and
maybe a mental-health treatment center is the best thing for and here's the
thing like so many people and like this wag this whole protest thing bugs me so
many people like don't get it they just don't get it
like when it comes to like wellness checks or checking somebody into a
mental health treatment center when they might not you know be safe around
themselves or others like these people like I don't think they want to be there
like you guys guess what a lot of people don't want to be there but you got to
remember mental illness not in the right state of mind like this is one of the
reasons why you know the severely mentally ill need people to make
decisions for them now a lot of us struggle with mental health issues on a
less severe basis you know we struggle with anxiety or depression or anything
like that but we're not a danger to ourselves or other people you know what
I'm saying but other people you know when they become you know I don't know
what Britney Spears was going through but other people who are like suicidal
or other things like that yeah there's a reason why they'll have 72-hour holds so
it's like it's it's crazy to me because this has come up so much I see that
everywhere really like well that person I know they were suicidal but they
didn't want to go to a mental health treatment center it's like well no crap
like I'm somebody who's worked with addicts and alcoholics and people who
are you know suicidal or dealing with like all sorts of other issues and they
don't want to go to rehab well too bad that's just what people
like us have to do right well they don't want to go into a sober living or they
don't whatever it is when it comes to our mental health it's not about what we
want to do it's what we need to do alright the last thing I'll talk about
which is where I get torn with what I do with my channel and the content but like
like the videos that you see behind me like this is like a Hollywood Reporter
who's using clips of like paparazzi who are like all up in Britney Spears face
when she left the mental health treatment facility and she was like oh
well I think she's still checked in but she might have just had a pass but like
like just think about that for a second like living a life where you're trying
to like work on yourself and work on your mental health and you're going
through these issues and the paparazzi is waiting there for you so they can
write a story about this you know what I mean and that's where I get torn and one
of the only reasons that I'm making this video is to help educate more people out
there about mental health treatment who are out there holding signs of free
Britney even though they have no clue what her or her family's going through
so it's like this whole difficult situation but the other thing is is that
I'm the problem you're the problem like the paparazzi would it be out there
taking pictures if we weren't watching this if we want paying attention to this
and it's just like this gets into a whole philosophical discussion about
like what do we do what do we do because we're drawn to this stuff we want to
know this stuff like Britney Spears is like diehard fans are watching for every
update about this situation so no wonder why the news is all over it but could
you imagine if they were releasing articles like this or releasing videos
like this like this video behind me has over 15,000 views in the last day what
if nobody watched it do you think they keep making videos about it
you know what I mean and then like I said I get torn because
I feel like you know I have this responsibility of working in the mental
health treatment realm where I have to come in here and explain some stuff so
now I'm adding to it too and it's just this kind of weird cycle you know but I
will say this as an optimist is like you're trying to increase awareness I'm
glad that you know at least we get to talk about and hopefully somebody out
there got educated a little bit about this stuff all right
anyway it's anyways let me know your thoughts on this stuff down below like
what are your thoughts on people being put in treatment even though they don't
want to be there but they need to be there let's have a discussion down below
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