Britney Scared to Seek Help

At this point, everyone knows Britney Spears is in dire need of medical treatment, so why is she still aimlessly roaming the streets of Hollywood? According to new reports, Spears knows she needs psychological help, but is too afraid to seek treatment because she thinks she will lose her kids forever.

Spears had her meltdown last week following her 15 minute depo with K-Fed's lawyer. "Britney realized when [Kevin's lawyer, Mark Vincent] Kaplan started firing off questions about her mothering skills that no matter what she said or did, she was going to lose her children, as every word she was saying could be taken out of context or used against her," a source says.

Every time she is asked to step up to the plate and take responsibility for her actions, she breaks down. The stress of the custody battle has obviously taken a toll on her and she doesn't know how to handle the situation, but at the same time, refuses to seek help.

"There is a plan to get Britney the help she needs, but its an ongoing battle to get her to admit that she needs the help."

Basically she's scared that if she admits she needs help, they'll classify her as unfit and take her kids away forever. Spears temporarily lost custody and visitation rights last Friday. Let's hope someone can get through to Spears and get her some much needed help.

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boo hoo...cry me a river Britney. Everyday there is a new excuse. Tired of hearing about this drug addicted mental selfish bitch. Sorry that is what she is. Time to grow up and take responsibility and get some help for your addictions and mental problems. If she was so worried about her kids, she would had seeked help immediately instead of "hiding out" with the photo guy getting her "groove" on a day after her rights was revoked. She would had been at her lawyers office asking what could she do to get the ruling over turned. Right now she can care less about the kids. It is plainly obvious.

Posted by: miss thang on 01/09/2008 08:09 AM

I've gotta call B.S. on this one. She's needed help for a long time. what was her excuse while she still HAD custody of her kids. No, it's not about losing custody. She defied the judges orders and behaved as though she wanted to lose custody. I think she wanted a break. She also has an obsession with attention (good or bad) and that may have been a factor.The girl needs help but refuses to believe it.

Posted by: Patsy on 01/09/2008 08:33 AM

What people fail to realize is that you don't make rational decisions / choices when you suffer from mental illness cause your brain is not working correctly. It's only worse when you live under a microscope like Brit does. Coming to grips with the fact that one suffers from mental illness is not an easy process. Denial is the hardest mountain to climb. I should know cause I suffer from Bipolar Disorder and it took me 5 years in therapy to see the elephant in the room and finally get treatment.

Posted by: BipolarToo on 01/09/2008 08:44 AM

Bipolar Too, I hadn't thought of it like that. I guess I can't relate because I've never dealt with it. Thanks for the eye opener.

Posted by: Patsy on 01/09/2008 09:01 AM

Getting help is the only way to get the kids back. The judge is not going to return the kids unless there is a major change in her behavior. She's scared as being classified unfit? She already has been.

Posted by: Tasha on 01/09/2008 09:30 AM

Well.....not seeking any kind of medical help has really helped her keep the boys hasn't it? I don't buy the story that she's afraid of getting the help she needs. A lot of people with these kind of problems absolutely hate being on any kind of medications since they feel it "alters" their personalities too much.Britney seems to be following the same destructive, illogical path. Too bad, so sad...it truly is.

Posted by: anonymous on 01/09/2008 10:31 AM

With all the speculation that Britney is bi-polar (which no one really knows for sure), could Brit's problem be that she is just a spoiled rich brat who does not like to be told what to do? Could it be that she thinks, with her fame and money, she can live anyway she wants and to hell with anyone who tries to tell her differently? Or that her fame and money can get her out of any unpleasant situation?

Posted by: Bruce on 01/09/2008 11:09 AM

It's disturbing how ignorant people are as it pertains to mental illness. This is a physical abnormality in the brain. Yes, all people have different moods, however, the majority do not suffer from a clinical mood disorder. It is as real as schizophrenia and, in fact, shares a mutated gene with bipolar disorder. Think of the lowest low and the highest high and that's the difference. I am not making this up, it is scientific fact. It it is uninformed and simplistic to state a person is just making excuses for their behavior. It is also insulting to people who suffer from mental illness, like they chose this for themselves and it's their fault.

Posted by: GetReal on 01/09/2008 11:18 AM

AND ACTING LIKE A NUT CASE AND BEING WILD IN THE STREETS NTO TAKING CARE OF HER KIDS IS BETTER THEN SEEKING HELP? COME ON GET REAL. THIS IS JUST A WAY FOR US ALL TO FEEL SORRY FOR POOR OLE BRITNEY. TOO BAD SHE MADE HER BED NOW SHE CAN LAY IN IT. LITERALLY.

Posted by: christym on 01/09/2008 11:56 AM

Anyone who uses the pejorative word "nutcase" to describe a mentally ill person is a FUCKING MORON. Unfortunately, there's no medication you can take to treat that, don't we wish.

Posted by: GetReal on 01/09/2008 12:19 PM

I'm glad to see that everyone here is a doctor and has diagnosed Britney with mental illness. None of you really know what her problem is and if she is mentally ill.

Posted by: James on 01/09/2008 12:30 PM

Actually, the doctor's at the hospital said upon her release that "there is significant evidence that she is bipolar" but they cannot hold her or force her into treatment. Keep up people.

Posted by: FYI on 01/09/2008 01:03 PM

What a moron. Everyone and their mother has tried to talk sense into this idiot. She is refusing help, because that is what Britney does. She thinks she can make the world do whatever she wants it to. Having her kids is the worst thing that could happen to her, and the kids. She can't parent right now. They are doing her a favor by taking them away from her. Now if she had qualified help at her house to take care of the kids, that might be different. But her idea of a nanny, is a party friend. She blew it, now wants to cry a river and get her way. She has not lost custody forever. In California, all she has to do is prove she is stable, and go back into court for visitation. Custody is never permanent. She can still get back shared custody if she complies. But don't forget, they are not just her children as her fans are crying. Give her back her kids, they are half Kevin's kids too. And what if she did something stupid, like drive them into a lake. Everyone would be complaining that he did not do enought to help the kids.

Posted by: judy on 01/09/2008 03:07 PM

I agree Tasha espcially after she just had that meltdown. It's definately not going to look good in her favor. It however does show that she does care about those kids in the way that she did not want to give them back to K-Fed, but she needs to get a hold of her emotions and mental state before she will be allowed to see them again.

Posted by: La Chat on 01/09/2008 03:16 PM

I have bipolar. Whether or not she has this condition or not, I feel she has problems that are related to the effects from fame and fortune. The ongoing theme seems to be that she puts the needs of her children behind the needs of herself. She is surrounded by a group of people who reinforce this. These people are always there to take care of Britney's needs,her whims, impulses... This is an environment most of us have no experience with. Until she realizes that she has to make sacrifices and adapt to the needs of her two little boys instead of them having to adapt to her lifestyle, this will never be resolved. I do think she is mentally ill and needs help, but I don't think this selfishness she is displaying is inherently a part of bipolar disorder.

Posted by: v. on 01/12/2008 03:06 AM