Britney Spears has spoken out about her family in a raw and emotional way. She said she is "lucky to be alive" after how they treated her and that she is now scared of them. The pop star's comments, which she made in a long Instagram post this week, have brought back up the long-term effects of her conservatorship and the problems in her family.

In the post, Spears talked in general about being alone, forgiving others, and staying emotionally strong. She started by talking about the universal need for connection before moving on to her own experiences.

She wrote, "As people, all we really want is to feel connected to each other and never feel alone,"

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Then, Spears talked directly about what she called harmful behavior from family members who said they were helping her. She wrote about being alone while pretending to care for her as a way to start her criticism.

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"For those of you in your family that have (sic) said to help you is to isolate you and make you feel unbelievably left out ... they were wrong. We can forgive as people but u don't ever forget," the singer said.

Page Six says that Spears went on to talk about how those experiences affected her emotionally and how they still make her feel unsafe. As she talked more about the long-term effects, she said, "Yearning and longing for contact is always crucial !!! I'm incredibly lucky to even be alive with how my family treated me once in my life and now I'm scared of them."

The singer also thought about faith and responsibility and wondered if the people involved would ever take responsibility. She wrote, "Because to be totally honest with you, no matter what he says, they will never take responsibility for what they did."

Spears ended her post with an update on her health, explaining why she hadn't been dancing lately. "I hadn't danced in a month. I broke my toe twice!" she noted.

Page Six could not get in touch with a Spears representative right away for comment.

The comments come years after Spears' 13-year conservatorship, which lasted from 2008 to 2021 and gave her father, Jamie Spears, control over her medical, financial, and personal decisions.

Spears said in court and later in her 2023 memoir, "The Woman in Me," that she was forced to work, given drugs against her will, and kept from making basic life choices like getting married and having another child.

Page Six says that Spears's relationships are still complicated, even though she didn't name any family members in her latest post. She is said to be estranged from her father, has a weak and on-again, off-again relationship with her mother, Lynne Spears, and is slowly mending things with her sister, Jamie Lynn Spears. People say that her brother, Bryan Spears, who moved in with her after her divorce in 2023, is the person she is closest to.

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Britney Spears has reportedly cut off communication with her family and close friends, raising concern over what insiders describe as "disturbing" behavior, according to the Daily Mail. Sources say relatives became alarmed after she was photographed leaving a California wine bar, followed by days of silence in which she allegedly stopped responding to calls, texts, and messages.

The Daily Mail reports that loved ones believe recent events — including the release of ex-husband Kevin Federline's memoir, which reportedly "reopened old wounds" — have left Spears emotionally shaken. While some sources say she is deliberately avoiding family contact, others describe the situation as raising "red flags," with relatives unsure how to intervene as communication remains cut off.

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Originally published on Music Times

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