I half agree. But it wouldn't be because of a stigma.
It would be because it is nobody's business.
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I half agree. But it wouldn't be because of a stigma.
It would be because it is nobody's business.
I suspect more may come out about her well being this summer after her mom pulled her off her meds. . . Looks like after she began a slow spiral back down 
Amanda Bynes Kicked Out of Fashion School For Weed, Bizarre Conduct
10/1/2014 1:00 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
EXCLUSIVE
Amanda Bynes was out of control at her fashion school ... showing up high and offering fellow students money to do her homework ... and we're told it got so bad she was kicked out.
Several classmates at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Irvine say Amanda has shown big signs of trouble for a while ... and various people have told us she often went to class high on weed.
Student Rachel Loritz tells TMZ ... Amanda often ditched classes ... but even when she showed up, she was clearly high, and not good at hiding it ... she almost always wore sunglasses and laughed out loud at inappropriate times.
We're told the pendulum would often swing and she would then get in "horrendous arguments."
Rachel says ... Amanda paid fellow students to do her homework ... and some took her up on it. Rachel says she rejected Amanda's offer.
We're told Amanda was caught cheating off someone during a test ... and when she was called out she threw a fit.
Multiple sources tell us Amanda was kicked out of the school last month.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com#ixzz3EtouicNI
Amanda Bynes Kicked Out of Fashion School For Weed, Bizarre Conduct
10/1/2014 1:00 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
EXCLUSIVE
Amanda Bynes was out of control at her fashion school ... showing up high and offering fellow students money to do her homework ... and we're told it got so bad she was kicked out.
Several classmates at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Irvine say Amanda has shown big signs of trouble for a while ... and various people have told us she often went to class high on weed.
Student Rachel Loritz tells TMZ ... Amanda often ditched classes ... but even when she showed up, she was clearly high, and not good at hiding it ... she almost always wore sunglasses and laughed out loud at inappropriate times.
We're told the pendulum would often swing and she would then get in "horrendous arguments."
Rachel says ... Amanda paid fellow students to do her homework ... and some took her up on it. Rachel says she rejected Amanda's offer.
We're told Amanda was caught cheating off someone during a test ... and when she was called out she threw a fit.
Multiple sources tell us Amanda was kicked out of the school last month.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com#ixzz3EtouicNI
Privacy is a whole other thing IMO. I totally respect that, but that was not her mom's goal or she wouldn't have been talking to the press.
Amanda Bynes Friends Waiting for Something Really Bad to Happen
9/30/2014 7:11 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
EXCLUSIVE
Amanda Bynes can't get the help she needs until something really bad happens ... because her parents will not re-establish a conservatorship ... TMZ has learned.
Multiple sources connected with the family tell TMZ ... Amanda's parents do NOT think she has a mental illness. As one source put it, "They think she's a bratty kid who thumbs her nose at them and smokes a lot of pot."
We're told everyone around her parents are urging them to get the conservatorship, but so far no luck. That said, it's impossible to put Amanda on a 5150 psychiatric hold until she creates a substantial risk to herself or others.
We're also told various professionals are trigger ready to get the 5150 if Amanda goes off the rails, and they believe it's only a matter of time.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com#ixzz3EtpbzxS0
9/30/2014 7:11 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
EXCLUSIVE
Amanda Bynes can't get the help she needs until something really bad happens ... because her parents will not re-establish a conservatorship ... TMZ has learned.
Multiple sources connected with the family tell TMZ ... Amanda's parents do NOT think she has a mental illness. As one source put it, "They think she's a bratty kid who thumbs her nose at them and smokes a lot of pot."
We're told everyone around her parents are urging them to get the conservatorship, but so far no luck. That said, it's impossible to put Amanda on a 5150 psychiatric hold until she creates a substantial risk to herself or others.
We're also told various professionals are trigger ready to get the 5150 if Amanda goes off the rails, and they believe it's only a matter of time.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com#ixzz3EtpbzxS0
This is so sad. If her parents won't believe she's ill, she won't have the support she needs from them if she is to have any hope of successfully treating with and managing it.
This is the same mother Amanda said numerous times told her at 5'8 and 135 she was too big and only looked good when she had been very ill and weighed 100lbs. She then spent months trying to get back to 100lbs, before everything spiralled out of control and the conservatorship was granted.
I'm not sure these are the best people to be in her life right now.
This is the same mother Amanda said numerous times told her at 5'8 and 135 she was too big and only looked good when she had been very ill and weighed 100lbs. She then spent months trying to get back to 100lbs, before everything spiralled out of control and the conservatorship was granted.
I'm not sure these are the best people to be in her life right now.
If that's any indication of how their relationship is, the mother may just believe that Amanda is just being rebellious & difficult. She may be refusing to believe Amanda has anything wrong. I think in many cases as the parents get older & the child grows into an adult, the parents don't, or can't see mental illness, as their child has always been "good & well behaved".
Bratty kid that smokes pot?
After starting a fire almost and undergoing pyschiatric care?
Yeesh.
Maybe her parents are bipolar too.
After starting a fire almost and undergoing pyschiatric care?
Yeesh.
Maybe her parents are bipolar too.
Exactly.. some may disagree but pot smoking doesn't result in that kind of behavior... she's self medicating for a larger mental issue. Sad. Her parents really should take a page from the Spears family.
Despite what many parents here might think, family and parents in particular are often the cause of these kinds of issues, even if only by their own blindness. They don't want to see it, whether the patient is famous or not. And in many cases, they may be a more direct cause through their own behavior.
How many Lohan type families are out there that aren't famous? Recall the 'affluenza' bit?
Add in fame and you get the whole range of Beibers, Lohans, Culkins, Bynes, Spears, and so on and so on and so on.
Many of these kids don't need to be with family. They need to be isolated from family. That goes for the not famous, famous and infamous.
How many Lohan type families are out there that aren't famous? Recall the 'affluenza' bit?
Add in fame and you get the whole range of Beibers, Lohans, Culkins, Bynes, Spears, and so on and so on and so on.
Many of these kids don't need to be with family. They need to be isolated from family. That goes for the not famous, famous and infamous.
I didn't say I wouldn't take care of my child. I just wouldn't tell the world. Not to save face but to protect the child from the stigma attached. So they are allowed to be productive members of society without this stigma being attached to them. People bully for many reasons and I'm not about to give them added ammunition.
And pot can cause mental illness. Say no!
I love how Britney Spears' dad came down to save his child. He did not play.
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I agree about Britney's situation...they did rescue her. Most people wouldn't be faced with announcing it to the world...celebrities have a special circumstance.
But...since when can pot "cause" mental illness? It can exaggerate personality traits or emotions that are already present, so perhaps it has that effect on Amanda, but it's not going to cause a well-adjusted person to develop schizophrenia.