The Sad Truth About Maia Campbell…

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The Sad Truth About Maia Campbell…

Sep, 4 2009 | Written by ATLien
The recent disturbing video showing former child star Maia Campbell acting crazy & erratic has hit an alltime high on the popularity scale (i.e. google trends) this week. Sad thing is, most (including me) assumed that Campbell was high on drugs and a prostituting herself for a fix. Although it was all implied in the video, we all were wrong about jumping to conclusions. Over the years there have been numerous rumors about Maia Campbell’s mental issues. Reports were she was either bipolar or schizophrenic. I’ve even uncovered some information where she was once in a mental facility in California for quite some time but she left for unknown reasons.

Maia’s mother, the late author Bebe Moore Campbell even wrote a book entitled 72 Hour Hold that revealed a ‘fictional’ story of a mother dealing with a daughter who is bipolar and refuses treatment.

In the book, Bebe Moore Campbell’s characters reflect what may have actually been her reality. The mother’s teenaged daughter suddenly begins to act erratically and is eventually diagnosed with a bipolar (manic/depressive) disorder. Their lives are turned upside down when the daughter refuses to take the prescribed medication (mood stabilizers and psychotic drugs) and resorts to alcohol and marijuana use which only exacerbate and amplify her self-destructive behavior. Maia is most likely self medicating as well.

These new revelations should shed some light into what Maia is actually going through, since things are never as they seem. I still pray that she gets the help that she so desperately needs. Hopefully the next story I read about Maia Campbell will be of her family helping her through her struggles.
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- Eric Campbell
  
  I read 72 Hour Hold. Very insightful book. It made me feel very sad for Maia (if it is in fact based on reality). I feel even more sorry for her now that her Mother has passed which means she probably has no one fighting for her.
- Meeks
  
  Thanks for not posting the like and further propagating that foolishness! You are admirable!
- ATLien
  
  Hey Eric. I sincerely hope that all this media attention prompts SOMEONE/ANYONE in her family to reach out to her.
  
  Meeks I can’t take that compliment. I posted yesterday just like everybody else. I felt there was more behind the story which is why I did a bit more digging.
- Hmmmmm
  
  Actually, just before her death Ms. Bebe Moore Campbell did an interview stating that her daughter indeed was fighting with mental illness. I can’t remember if it was Essence or Ebony. But I clearly remember when these scandalous pictures/stories first arose about her daughter which is around the time her mother’s illness was basically killing her and Ms. Moore was “forced” to bare her family struggles to the public.
  
  At least you took the time to check. Whether we want to admit it or not, the black community is rift with mental illness, from bipolar, schizophrenia, manic depression to depression (mild & severe). All we do is sit around and talk about each others crazy erratic behavior without asking some serious questions about its possible cause.
  
  Okay time to step off my soap box….:O)
- Attorneymom@ www.charactercorner.blogspot.com
  
  Lord, please help Maia Campbell right now. Open her heart and mind right now so she can receive the healing and treatment necessary to deliver her from the hands of evil in the name, power and authority of Jesus I pray. Amen.
- luvsmoochez
  
  Thanks for doing this follow up. I posted yesterday stating that I had heard of her mental illness. I really pray that someone close to her tries to help. We as a community should not give up on her & really pray for her as everyone states they will. Intercession prayer is just as powerful as if you pray for yourself. Let’s all rally around this young lady & touch & agree for her deliverance of this illness. It hurts my heart and I don’t even know her.
- Cheryl A Taylor
  
  Though your “truthful” information was short, it was to the point. Being a mother that lost her first born child to this disease (manic/depressive) I truly feel sorry for Maia, my son was diagnosed 2 years before his death. I caught pure H*ll trying to get him to take his meds… he would take them for a few weeks, yes weeks… and once he would start “stabalizing” he would stop. I had to hospitalize him twice in the last nine months of his life, but to no avail… he just would NOT take the meds like they were prescribed. Maia needs prayer, and someone that cares enough to step up to the plate for her… if will be a long up hill fight, but worth it to see someone as talented as she is, help her. In her mind, there is nothing wrong with her. She is in my prayers.
- SChanese
  
  I really feel sorry for what she went through. I know how hard it can be for a person who is self medicating. While I was reading, it brought tears to my eyes. I hope she gets the proper support system in place. Maia, stay strong and put God first. All my love and support goes to you. SCT
- Lakerfan
  
  I never write a comment… But I wish her the best from the bottom of my heart! I remember watching her when I was young she is such a beautiful person and no one deserves to go through this. my prayers go out to her <3 She lost her mother the day after her bday so that must be tough to deal with 🙁
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