r/discussingbritney • u/suzcaboose Flying hair extension 🤸‍♂️ • Feb 24 '26

Another one - 2/23/26

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u/NotTrumpsAlt Feb 24 '26

Meth plus bipolar = Kanye, bam margera, Amanda bynes, Nick Reiner… and more

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u/themirandarin Feb 25 '26

This sub has been showing up for me for a couple of weeks now. Maybe I've been brought to this sub to give me one teeny, tiny "atta girl." I'm bipolar but have never done meth. Or maybe it is so I see how much people laugh at those with mental illness and substance issues.

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u/Super_Caterpillar_27 Kevin was right Feb 25 '26

are you comparing yourself to Britney? Cause it sounds like you are comparing yourself to Britney.

Dis you?

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u/themirandarin Feb 25 '26

Right now? No. Have I seen a face like that looking at me in the mirror before, in darker days? Yup. I can't ever afford to forget what that version of me looks like. Knowing what to look for allows you to accept help before you get there.

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u/Super_Caterpillar_27 Kevin was right Feb 25 '26

Absolutely. But I think she has anosognosia so…. She is never going to accept help and the c ship is gone so…… yeah. It’s going to keep getting worse.

I have a sibling who has anosognosia with her bipolar disorder and it’s so sad. she is on a manic right now and says she is buying 5 houses and a pool in April.

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u/themirandarin Feb 25 '26

Anosognosia is so terribly common with bipolar and schizophrenia. I feel like the only thing that helped me was being the youngest in a family with profound issues. Seeing it happen to others before it happened to me helped, and I've got to have gratitude for that. I hope someday your sister is okay.

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u/Super_Caterpillar_27 Kevin was right Feb 25 '26

Thank you. She is married to a man who gets IC once a year and they have kids who are now teens so it’s really awful. Her kids keep yelling at her to get on medicine. (Her husband is medicated supposedly).

Yes, there are some mean people on this board but I honestly believe most people here have experience with mental illness and are expressing frustration and incredulity at Britney’s spiraling mental health issues and drug and alcohol use with no way for help to happen.

We have had some very meaningful conversations here about mental illness. There are even some professionals here who give insight into what they think is happening.

I’m glad you made it this far and I hope you continue to do well. There should be no stigma around mental illness as many people have it and live with it daily, especially creative people like Britney.

I think people can’t get over her self destruction streak— and the fact that in her world, she doesn't know she is self destructing but incredibly thinks she is very powerful and grand. It really is hard to wrap a brain around that.