Amanda Bynes Thread

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buzzytoes said:
I think it's a great step in the right direction, but it disheartens me that her parents are moving out of state. How is she going to feel once she gets balanced out on meds and no one from her family is around to support her?
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I don't get the impression she will care. This is not a typical family. She has been very vocal about not wanting to have anything to do with them. In her present state it is impossible to determine how much of what she says is real and how much is her making stuff up (mystery fiancé, anyone?).

Those accusations of sexual abuse were meant to hurt her father. I think she understood that much when she wrote it. However, if her father didn't do anything to her, I can see why her parents would want to distance themselves. Their presence could be a hindrance to her recovery. I don't envy whoever has to take over as her conservator. She is going to be difficult to deal with because she isn't showing any signs that she wants to do what is necessary to get better.
 
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But how do you hit rock bottom when you are mentally ill? It's not like a drug addict where you can take everything away and when they get sober. Her brain is telling her that everything she is doing is okay.


I also would not be surprised about the abuse claims, but I have a feeling it's more that the abuse came from people in the industry, and either she told and her parents did nothing, or she felt they should have somehow known about it so she lashes out at them.


Either way the situation is sad. I feel like she has no support whatsoever, other than people who are being paid to take care of her.
 
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Her 2 other siblings came to their parents defense when Amanda flung out those accusations towards her father! Really what can you do with her?.. Institute her ? If she is loose then she just gets wackier!
 
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I don't think any of this is going to be good for Amanda. I think she is going to end up broke (money lost due to bad investments, I'm sure) and sick with no one to help her. Why are her parents going to move, now? So strange.
 
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Many people have tried to help her in the past few years and she runs away and does what she wants the first chance she gets. You cannot force her to take care of her mental health any more than you could force someone to take care of their physical health. One lawyer described it in an article I read as "she has the right to be crazy". That may be a crass way to put it, but it is the truth.
 
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buzzytoes said:
But how do you hit rock bottom when you are mentally ill? It's not like a drug addict where you can take everything away and when they get sober. Her brain is telling her that everything she is doing is okay.


I also would not be surprised about the abuse claims, but I have a feeling it's more that the abuse came from people in the industry, and either she told and her parents did nothing, or she felt they should have somehow known about it so she lashes out at them.


Either way the situation is sad. I feel like she has no support whatsoever, other than people who are being paid to take care of her.
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This is what I think as well. It happens all the time in "real" life, so I'm sure it happens even more in Hollywood, when the child is the income earner for the family. It's very sad, and I think anyone would be f-d up if that happened to them.

bag-mania said:
Many people have tried to help her in the past few years and she runs away and does what she wants the first chance she gets. You cannot force her to take care of her mental health any more than you could force someone to take care of their physical health. One lawyer described it in an article I read as "she has the right to be crazy". That may be a crass way to put it, but it is the truth.
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Agreed. I hope she has some good friends and/or family that can be her support system when she decides to get help.
 
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Yikes... from TMZ

After wandering around homeless, Amanda Bynes is in desperate straits ... with no place of her own to live ... Amanda crashed on a sofa in the middle of The Beverly Center in Los Angeles.​

We got these pics of Amanda out like a light Thursday morning in the middle of the mega-mall.​

It's incredibly sad ... Amanda's parents are moving to Texas and ending their conservatorship over her ... because they're just not equipped to convince their daughter she needs meds and doctors so she can survive.​

Amanda was crashing with friends last week, but she's been wandering aroundthe West Hollywood area with no place to go.​

She's getting $50 to $100 bucks a day, but it's not enough for her to get a place of her own. She's been staying with friends, but didn't go back to their place last night.​

Amanda is complaining she doesn't have enough money to even get a hotel room for a night.​

So sad.​


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kcf68 said:
Her 2 other siblings came to their parents defense when Amanda flung out those accusations towards her father! Really what can you do with her?.. Institute her ? If she is loose then she just gets wackier!
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That kind of terminology is why mental illness is something people hide. Being ill is not wacky. She's acting out because she is unwell.

I'm glad that someone else will be looking after her. Her parents control of her life was a constant aggravation to her (whether the allegations are true or not) and surely did not help her mental state.

Helping people with a mental illness takes incredible patience sometimes, but I hope her tweets are true that she will be meeting with mental health professionals on a weekly basis - that's a positive step,
 
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Rock bottom? For a disease that's not addiction?
I'm sorry but "rock bottom" for the mentally ill isn't reasonable IMO. :sad:


I see we've not come far in 2014 in accepting and trying to improve our mentally ill; the labels aren't helping.
 
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