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
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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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