Lessons From Whitney Houston-Bobby Brown Relationship

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• Why the Whitney Houston-Bobby Brown Relationship Should Be Important to You?
• Related Whitney Houston, Relationship, and Self-Esteem Articles
• Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
• Mental Health Experiences
• From HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
• Coaching Optimism To The Pessimistic Child

Why the Whitney Houston-Bobby Brown Relationship Should Be Important to You?

How did Whitney Houston hookup with "that loser" Bobby Brown? It's a question people want an answer to. In the days following the death of Whitney Houston, we were bombarded with images showing the "diva Whitney"; the Whitney Houston who was glamorous and looked and acted every bit like the star she was. The general public didn't know that Whitney was involved in drug abuse long before she met Bobby Brown. Like her family, they blame Bobby for, at the very least, dragging Whitney Houston further into the hell of drug addiction. In fact, many feel Bobby Brown is solely responsible for Whitney's drug addiction problems that led to her death.

The fact is - he wasn't. According to her close friend, Jennifer Holiday: "I hate to say that she had started [using drugs] before she had met Bobby Brown." She went on to tell CNN's Piers Morgan that in the early days of Whitney's career, "We were all around a lot of drugs."

Why Bobby Brown?

In relationships, we find people who are similar to us and who will accept us for our weaknesses. Did Whitney Houston hookup with Bobby Brown because he was a drug user who would accept her drug use and self-esteem problems?

That's something our relationships blogger, Deltra Coyne, addresses in this article: Mental Health, Addiction and Relationships: Understanding Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. It's important to read even if you don't have an addiction. Most people with a mental illness have self-esteem issues; they feel unworthy. As Deltra points out, that usually doesn't lead to positive relationship outcomes.

Related Whitney Houston, Relationship, and Self-Esteem Articles

• Whitney Houston's Death and Addiction Stigma
• Death of Whitney Houston: Where's the Compassion?
• Help for Drug Addiction and How to Help a Drug Addict

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From HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

Your comments and observations are welcomed.

• Is Anxiety Really About Having Control Issues? (Anxiety-Schmanxiety Blog)
• Starting New Antidepressant Can Make Depression Worse Before It Gets Better (Coping with Depression Blog)
• Putting Mental Illness in Perspective (Recovering From Mental Illness Blog)
• Accepting Limitations Placed On You By Bipolar Disorder (Breaking Bipolar Blog)
• Mental Illness and Growing Up: "Frozen in Time" Can Thaw (Mental Illness in the Family Blog)
• Beating Medication Side Effects in Schizophrenia (Creative Schizophrenia Blog)
• You Need Therapy! (Verbal Abuse and Relationships Blog)
• The Glamorization of Eating Disorders (Surviving ED Blog)
• Mental Health, Addiction and Relationships: Understanding Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown (Relationships and Mental Illness Blog)
• Spring Often Makes Symptoms of Mental Illness Worse (Life with Bob: A Parenting Blog)
• Sobriety Becoming the New Norm in Recovery (Debunking Addiction Blog)
• How to Succeed With ADHD When All Else Fails (Living with Adult ADHD Blog)
• Twice Hurt: Borderline Personality Disorder and Secondary Wounding (More Than Borderline Blog)
• American Businesses Eagerly Court Mentally Ill Consumers (Funny in the Head: A Mental Health Humor Blog)

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

Coaching Optimism To The Pessimistic Child

As with adults, some children see the glass as half empty, others half full. In this week's article, The Parent Coach addresses how to help your child be more optimistic.

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