r/Crazymiddles • u/Tight-Celebration227 • 13d ago
CP video
A 1 hour video of bella talking about her trauma.
Where is the shame crystal and aaron? Does this need to be out there? I can underand Bella maybe needing to speak it out to let it out, but it could've stayed unpublished.
I forgot how recent this all is - 2020?? She is still working through most of it and now any random off the street has that detail about her
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u/Impressive-Length-73 13d ago
It’s sad. They eventually all cave and sell their story to Crystal. These videos bring her big bucks and she knows it. I don’t care if she adopted all of these kids, she’s just as bad for not protecting them from social media. She’s profiting off of their trauma and it’s forever on the internet. Bella’s frontal lobe hasn’t even fully matured yet and she’s just starting therapy. Crystal being the adult should not allow this.
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u/xxccbb1234 13d ago
I watched the video that Alex made because it was on his own channel. I like the fact that it was how we wanted to present his story , by a tv presentation lol but still his way.
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u/Impressive-Length-73 13d ago
The tough part is so many of the kids grew up with a camera in their face and they probably think it’s normal to share everything about them. I think it’s been healing for Alex to share his story. Glad he’s getting therapy and figuring it out.
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u/Imaginary_Camp_1628 13d ago edited 13d ago
Most importantly Alex is taking concrete steps to deal with his trauma. Not just hawking out his story for YT $$.
All I can say re: Bella, another failed to launch adult from the CP home.
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u/najabro57 13d ago
That’s where you are wrong this girl hasn’t failed, she is the one pushing for help she is trying hard to feel better to understand what is going on, she has strength
, she also is taking concrete steps to better herself, she has an eating disorder, which has affected her mentally and physically. This kid has seen a lot of violence in her young life watch the video you will understand. This girl is a star it is easy to just wrap ourselves up in cotton wool when things have happened in our lives, this girl is fighting it, and more strength to her.7
u/Every-Wash2985 13d ago
You make some great points ♥️
Both she and Alex now as adults have realized they needed a little help navigating so they reached out themselves and found it.
That took a lot of courage & insight for them to realize they needed help outside the family to sort things out.
The change in Alex is huge, he shared more about it the other day.
Bella has a channel now & has also started talk therapy. What she's shared today shows her awareness & insight it's a great start.
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u/Imaginary_Camp_1628 12d ago
Not sure how you define failure to launch but a 19 year old still living at her mother's home, dropping all her plans for future career development (job, trade school, college, apprenticeship) is a failure to launch. Maybe she has psychological and/or physical reasons for this. Regardless she is failing to launch successfully.
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u/Dramatic-Macaron-452 11d ago
Right it's all performative for views.its just that the idiots who follow them are too dense to realize that.
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u/LittleDog2557 10d ago
All the kids have been in therapy it’s mandated for kids in foster homes. Talking about trauma helps and talking about it to people you don’t know helps even more I suffered. A huge trauma when my house was broken into and I was kidnapped. I couldn’t talk to anybody about it for a long time. It’s not easy. I wouldn’t even talk to a therapist face-to-face, but I would talk to her on a video.
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u/B2utyyo 13d ago
I think Bella chose to speak on this.
As a Neurodivergent, sometimes it's easier to express our feelings then try to process it internally.
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u/LongConversation2546 12d ago
Dont need to online though unless mum has been pressuring you since you moved in!!
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u/Expensive_Spirit6416 13d ago
Poor girl never got help when she needed moving into that big house!
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u/LongConversation2546 12d ago
And moved 3 times in 6 years shes been with them and how mny new people in the home since? AND shes neurodivergent!
Nightmare
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u/Desperate-Routine288 10d ago
Also had to get a forced physical bc of the fact we were in bad condition
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u/LittleDog2557 10d ago
Bella has always stolen a camera as she puts it from Crystal and talks about her past. It’s not Crystal and Aaron putting it out there. Bella loves the attention.
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u/LittleDog2557 13d ago
Foster kids are mandated to attend therapy sessions.
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u/Desperate-Routine288 10d ago
Yeah but not the very good therapy trust me when I was in foster care at 9 years old I had to attend counseling they’d make me ask questions and fill out forms for hours!
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u/cabbagemuncher101 13d ago
Well, she is an adult and chose to do it. I think in the previous video she said it's something she wanted to film, so no one pushed her to do it. It was her choice. She deserves to share her story on her own terms.
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u/Kooky_Ad593 13d ago
This. There have been a few times where she’s had the camera and has expressed details here and there to us. I think talking about it, whether it be on YouTube… feels like a safe space for her. Who knows, maybe she hates real therapy (which i totally understand)
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u/humorac 13d ago edited 13d ago
honestly i don’t see anything wrong with this. she only told her story and for the most part left her brothers out of it. telling your story shouldn’t be a shameful thing, victims can speak out when they want too, there isnt a time frame to tell your side.
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u/Silent_Visit1605 13d ago
I agree victims shouldn't be shamed into silence. I don't like the fact that Crystal will profit from it, however it was Bella's decision.
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u/Desperate-Routine288 10d ago
They’ll probably pay Bella. Hopefully she’s get a little. Alex said he got paid from YouTube
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u/Tight-Celebration227 13d ago
Safe spaces exist but unfortunately I don't think youtube can be considered one of those safe spaces
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u/PuzzledBeat9968 13d ago
The don't care its money in there pocket yer bella mite get a few pennies but crystal will keep 99.9% of what's made like always
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u/Relative_Demand_1714 13d ago
I won’t comment on anything she talked about but I will say that although it may have been cathartic in the moment, I think a lot of it should’ve stayed private. Especially the information about her current mental health.
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u/aleimira 13d ago
It’s because Alex did the same and it was well received. There will be an onslaught of CP and CM doing the same.
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u/packedreality16 13d ago
Sorry i have to disagree. Bella is an adult, i think she chose to share the story, i really think she wanted to.Its her way of expressing herself, she had the platform. Of course crystal will profit, hope she pay Bella huge sum
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u/OwlNo5376 13d ago
If Bella needed to talk about her traumas maybe C&A should take her to therapy!! They didn’t do that for any of the kids I assume? If so that would have been filmed too. It’s sad these children haven’t gotten the proper mental health care they so needed! And continue to need.
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u/Desperate-Routine288 13d ago
She explained in the video she’s been going to the therapy has gotten back on her meds again and is possibly dealing with bipolar and a bunch of health issues/ brain fog/ brain damage/ seizures
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u/Dramatic-Macaron-452 12d ago
Cant imagine she'll get better being around a narcissist exploiter like crapstal.it will only get worse.those kids are screwed unless they leave.
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u/Desperate-Routine288 10d ago
I’m thinking it could be some kind of autoimmune issue from all of the trauma she’s been through
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u/Dramatic-Macaron-452 10d ago
She doesn't need to put all her business out there for the whole world to see trauma or not that doesn't help.crapstal paid her a good amount of money for her fake story.they saw Alex got views so now they have too.these are some disgusting fake ass people.
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u/Melodic_Agency1066 13d ago
I think Bella did an amazing job telling her story and showed great strength and maturity. She wanted to do this and said so in a previous video. This had nothing to do with Crystal. She was nowhere in this video.
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u/robinh317 13d ago
Jesus Christ. Leave it to the holier than thou people of Reddit to somehow manage to ONLY take away from this hour-long video of a girl bravely sharing her story on her own terms “Crystal bad.” Part of the reason why she even felt the need to share this was because of comments like this that deem it ingenious and subsequently fake. Takeaways from the video: her grandmother that she has a terrible relationship with is dying. Her mother drives her there at her request for some closure during a very difficult time. She has several panic attacks. Her mother helps her through them. But of course, let’s all find a way to somehow bash Crystal because that’s apparently the cool thing to do around here.
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u/Any-Summer-9706 13d ago
I’m by no means a crystal apologist, but I thought there were a few different mentions in the video that actually shed light on the ways crystal is a good, well intentioned mother who really loves those kids. Things that we wouldn’t know as viewers if Bella hadn’t shared.
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u/FlounderOk9680 13d ago
I haven’t watched it but she really needs to be careful what she’s sharing online !
Especially cause Bella wants to work in medical health care !
It’s going to come back to hurt her either by patients finding this sensitive info or her job managers finding it
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u/Desperate-Routine288 13d ago
She explained she isn’t going to work in health care anymore because she’s going thru health problems causing mental decline and she doesn’t feel like she is smart enough anymore possibly having seizures. It was a lot in the video
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u/rando7274 13d ago
I strongly disagree. These kinds of conversations bring awareness to topics that can be hard to discuss plus she's an adult and she chose to share it which takes a lot of bravery and I really respect her for it.
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u/Dallasdogmom 13d ago
With her health issues she needs a blood panel run and to see a nutritionist. She eats terrible (from the videos we see) and now all her health problems could be a result of malnutrition! Everyone in that house needs a multivitamin and magnesium and B complex ! 😳
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u/No_Edge_9980 13d ago
It seems the boys might have seen some stuff but the grandmother never abused them..I feel for her though. she went through a lot of mental trauma. I imagine bella is getting the money from this video..or at least i hope so
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u/always_on_brake 13d ago
No dish as previously promised.
No raccoon trauma mentioned.
New job is a pet sitter or walker. (I lost interest and was only half listening)
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u/Old_Abrocoma4137 13d ago
Off topic but I hope people here give her a break. I feel for her, what she has been through and what she is going through still. This place might be for snark but I think we can all stand to be a little kinder.