Is Britney Spears Suffering From Postpartum Depression?
This is purely my opinion as an outsider who watches the news just like everyone else, but I think she has been depressed almost since the beginning of her marriage to Kevin Federline. I think most of us knew that at some level as we watched them in the media. Her clothes and hair were nearly always unkempt. There were times when she cried in public with the paparazzi snapping away.
I believe her recent bizarre behavior is simply an extension of her past depression with drugs and alcohol added to the mix. She put a great deal of effort into building a family with a man she loved, took a beating over her choice by the public and in the end her marriage didn't survive. On top of that, her first boyfriend post-divorce broke up with her and gave a detailed interview about their sex life. In her shoes, I'm sure I'd feel a great deal of sadness, humiliation and hopelessness. She wouldn't be the first person who used drugs and alcohol in an attempt to escape the pain of a deep depression.
While no one but Britney knows for sure what is going on in her head, I hope she is getting the help she needs, for her sake and for her kids.
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I have suffered from dpression since I was a little girl yet it was only recognised after my first born. Still I recieved no help because I lives at home with my mother. She conviced health officials that I was fine and I would get over it. Little did they know that it was my mother that made me feel so bad. I left home and was homeless for a while. I left my child with my mother for I had no where to go. Eventually, over years, my life began to get on track. I did it on my own with no help from drugs of any kid nor drink. Still though I did not allow myself to go through the pain. Then one day, just out of the blue, I shaved off my hair. It was the one thing my mother ever complimented me on. I woke up hating it. My husband was distraught, my young children confused. My husbands mother is a hairdresser so she really got upset. When they asked me why I dd it, I could give no answer. I did’nt know why. I cried after I did it, but it was not for my hair, it was just emotion I had locked away. Ever since that day, I cannot stop crying. My mother love my hair once and I felt I had to take something away from her just as she took something from me. I feel for Britanny because she probably has no idea how to beat this yet every one is putting sooo much pressure on her. Leave her be.
I have heard from Dr Phil that Brittney could be suffering from post partum that started after baby #1. Having 2 back to back really didn’t help. Did anyone else notice that she wasn’t as happy about the second pregnancy as she was with the first? Also rumor has it that CPS is already moving forward to remove the babies from Brittney’s custody. Whether K-Fed will get them is yet to be seen.