Britney Again

I know, like everyone, you are probably tired of hearing about this wayward prima-dona. But I can't resist talking about her again. I don't know what is going on with her care, but I seriously doubt anyone is giving her the king of care she really needs.

The Dark Defiant One

When you look at a phot like this one, you realized the girl has to be in a lot of pain. Look at her eyes. They are dark and defiant. What I see in those eyes is something I call a "Self Protector", a personality that is daring anyone to mess wit her. Then you see a photo like this one:

The Party Girl

This girl is something entirely different. This is a girl who is out to rescue herself from her pain. She is medicating the pain in the role of "Rescuer" to herself. She becomes the "party girl" to medicate the pain underneath.

Finally you just see her as the woeful waif underneath the pain.

The Innocent Waif

Seeing her in these three photos it's clear she has (at least) three separate ways of operating in the world. One as the defiant "Self Protector", second as the "Rescuer" "party girl", third as the "Victim" or injured waif.

Dissociative Identity Disorder?

Of course, we all have these inside us at different times don't we? Britney may be in a far more extreme display of these roles, she may be Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) as she has claimed (and I believe is fully possible). But the rest of us have these roles inside of us, too. We display these characteristics in smaller, more subtle ways, but they are there aren't they?

. Since 1996 I've studied DID from the likes of Dr. Collin Ross and Dr. Jerry Mungadze (he wrote the forward to Herschel Walker's book, "Breaking Free"). What I have learned is that while those suffering from DID have the clearly dissociated walls of alter egos, we all have the same type of separations with in us, as well. Oh, wow, this really changes everything doesn't it? When we see that the rest of us have these three separate ways of functioning in response to certain types of situations; it changes how we view ourselves and others. We just don't have it as distinctly separate as DID's do.

We are not so different

These separate ways of reacting to threat and fear are typical of how our automatic brain functions. Seeing them in Britney in these photos makes me feel even more strongly that she is DID, obviously I can't make that diagnosis since I have never met her, but boy, it sure looks like it from here.

Talk to me

What do you think? Is Britney suffering from DID? Is she just a spoiled brat? If you KNOW Britney personally, I'd particularly like your take. I know there are a lot of conflicting views on this young woman. I'd love to hear from you. Comment below.