 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 going to discuss is there might be a little bit more that people aren't thinking about. What is up everybody this is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel what I like to do is pull different topics from pop culture or the YouTube community things like that to see what we can learn and something I'm very passionate about is mental health and mental health treatment. So if you're into that stuff make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell. So full disclaimer I am not a licensed therapist or psychologist or anything like that I am somebody who has had my own personal experience with anxiety depression addiction other psychological 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 going to be important as we talk about these next subjects. So anyways going back so Britney Spears she was doing a Las Vegas residency I live here in Las Vegas so there's signs and everything like that about Britney Spears and back in January or a little bit around there she entered into a mental health treatment facility and yeah she's been in there and her father is a conservator we'll talk about that in just a minute but 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 anyways 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. Alright hold on can you repeat that again? We can't speak exactly to her mental health but we can't speak to what we've seen as fans. Okay alright so you guys like conspiracy theories are fun like when Shane Dawson was talking about Chuck E. Cheese pizza it's like hehehe that's kind of fun alright but like here's the issue here's the issue 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 conservator 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 check 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 signed her her 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 a 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 TMZ reported that one of the things was was that she stopped taking her medications and Philip DeFranco talked about that today too and one of the 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 medications 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-archotic medication that helps me out and there were a few times in my early sobriety where I just stopped taking them I'm feeling better I stopped taking them and I would lose my mind I would lose my mind because I just stopped taking them cold turkey and the panic attacks would 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 would have to talk to people I'm like 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 off my medications for periods of time around like six months to a year I've been back on them for like the last year or so you know but it's been with a doctor and like that's cool but I've 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 and think do you think that Britney Spears father may have made the right choice by getting her help because she got it for 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 talk about is anything arising is 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 Lexbro and then I like went back on it and everything but like I just set things in place so it can be very very dangerous to do this okay the next thing the next thing 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 thing was ages ago like she was on there with like Justin Timberlake alright 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 alright and maybe a mental health treatment center is the best thing for and here's the thing like so many people and like this is why 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 the things like that like yeah there's a reason why they have 72-hour holds so it's like it's it's crazy to me because this has come up so much I've seen it pop up everywhere whether 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 or 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 all right 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 video that you see behind me like this is like the Hollywood reporter who's using clips of like Papa Rossi who are like all up in Britney Spears face when she left the mental health treatment facility and she was like out right 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 Papa Rossi 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 is 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 Papa Rossi wouldn't be out there taking pictures if we weren't watching this if we weren't 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 and we want to know this stuff like Britney Spears 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 how in that 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 like who's 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 alright but anyways 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 alright but if you like this video please give it a thumbs up if you're new make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell because I make a ton of videos and a huge huge thank you to everybody supporting the channel over on patreon you're all amazing and if you would like to become a patron click a top right there alright thanks again so so much for watching I'll see you next time