Mymotech

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As Britney Spears’ life has seemed to spiral out of control, I have thought a lot about it. And while I don’t want this to come off as a sort of “shame on all of us” type of post, I am thinking that someway somehow we got a close up view of a person making consistently poor choices that eventually led to the loss of custody of her children, hospitalization in a psych ward, and the complete destruction of her reputation in the world media.

Although I have never been a fan of Britney’s music, I was intrigued by her fast rise to success. What is the impact on a person’s psyche of being a sex icon before you are even an adult? And as she became an adult, where do you take it from there? The Madonna kiss, etc…? Then the fairly rocky marriage to a guy leveraging his marriage into a career.

What happened? In my life, I have people who will grab me by the shoulders and say something if I am getting off track. Maybe that is what Britney was missing, or maybe she couldn’t trust those people because they were the same friends and family that had profited from her rise to fame. Obviosuly, all speculation.

At the end of the day, I feel bad for Britney Spears. She has to own her choices and live with them, but it is sad for us as a society to see someone go down in flames like that. It makes me thankful for the support structure that I have.