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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, rational person here, or at least I think so!

I think that many things can be true at once

1) I thought that reading the transcript she seemed scattered but listening to her talk she seemed cogent. I believe that she has a significant mental health diagnosis.

2) I think her logic for requesting to not be evaluated was actually one of the clearer points she made. My first reaction when I read that was the same as PPs but it was clear that the reason she was requesting to not be evaluated is that last time she was and it was a bad experience and it did not help her.

3) I think this is a situation where the public knows very little about her actual diagnoses and that the grey area for abuse is very large. If you convince the public and the world that she's so severely mentally ill that you can't trust what she says, and you medicate her heavily so she seems off all the time, and when everyone involved in the situation is profiting massively from her being locked in a gilded cage, then the idea that she has been essentially abused and used for a decade is as plausible as the idea that she's mentally ill and will believe anyone working in her interest will be controlling her. And when the doctors are on the payroll and chosen by the people making millions off of her, it just becomes difficult to trust that they are working in her best interest.

4) It is one thing to say she's mentally ill and can't manage her affairs. It is another to restrict her from driving, to not let her friends/boyfriends take her places, to take her credit cards, to not let her live outside of a bubble.

5) There are mentally ill people all over this country who are not forced to take medication they don't want or forced to work or forced to stay in a house. And those people didn't manage to hold down a Vegas show for four years performing every night. Her work competency has to count for something here.

Seems to me like the family should, at large, be entirely removed from the payroll and she should be given a lot more freedom, at minimum. Someone can protect her fortune and ensure she keeps her doctor's appointments etc without preventing her from being able to go to Starbucks.  [/quote]

You have no idea that #2 is true. Her past evaluation may have saved her life. It is not "clear" and simple because unless you are her psychiatrist and evaluated her and her records, you are in no position to speak to her judgment. Regarding #5, how she was during Vegas is not relevant.  Her current status is what matters. And again...none of us know anything about her functioning during her Vegas run. She is a performer with muscle memory to perform...it will be the last thing to go. It by no means suggests she was healthy or even necessarily safe. Regarding #3, that she is a waif/victim in need of rescuing...
She has said she is mortified by the documentary and it is unlikely that her mother, snd sister for example,.would completely wash their hands of the situation and allow her to be utterly exploited. The most likely factor here seems to be what a pp said. This is a perfect storm and brittany is  talented, sweet, gullible and probably suffering from  complex mental health issues that are likely very serious and complicated. The issue of father's role is probably what most agree on...another person in his role is in her likely best interest at this point. I wish she could be afforded privacy. What a sh#t show.
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+1 yes to all[/quote]

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