Is Linda mentally stable enough.....

[Northern Monkey]

To be in BB?I honestly don't think so.It's quite sad to see someone in that state being paraded on camera.She seems very depressed and constantly angry.This obsession with Jim is certainly not the work of a healthy mind,It seems like he's all she can think about.BB is supposedly a very mentally challenging enviroment to put yourself through,Surely people with issues like Linda should'nt slip through the vetting process should they?It can't possibly be good for her in there.

[coolface]

denise welch

[optimisticcynic]

vanessa feltz
kerry katona

they will probably hire private/independent assessors who will put through whomever they're told to...

[Me. I Am Salman]

This is the second thread on Linda's mental health.. so disgusting

[Northern Monkey]

Yeah but suppose the experience made her worse?Would'nt C5 get into trouble for putting her in?

[Pincho Paxton]

It is safer for us that she's in the house.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Absolutely NOTHING indicates she is mentally ill now stop with your vile excessive hate

[Josy]

Absolutely NOTHING indicates she is mentally ill now stop with your vile excessive hate

Why shouldn't be people allow to discuss this?

Linda's own sister was in the paper saying Linda was suicidal which would make her mentally unstable so I think these threads are alright tbh.

[Me. I Am Salman]

People are basing that assumption on her relationship with Jim though, and so far I only see her as standing up for herself

[reece(:]

I think it's an offence to mentally unstable people to be labelling anyone with a backbone and/or a vendetta with the term.

[Josy]

People are basing that assumption on her relationship with Jim though, and so far I only see her as standing up for herself

Doesn't give you the right to tell people to stop discussing things...

As far as I can see these threads have been in no way insulting, OTT or offensive.

[Josy]

I think it's an offence to mentally unstable people to be labelling anyone with a backbone and/or a vendetta with the term.

This is only your opinion.

Lindas own sister said she was suicidal in the papers, that makes her mentally unstable if true, people have a right to discuss it.

It's not offensive at all, if you don't like it don't read it.

[optimisticcynic]

This is the second thread on Linda's mental health.. so disgusting

Her current pattern of behaviour is unhealthy and I infer this is more likely associated with her mental health than her bowel habit. Thus I will discuss her mental health in the same way that football fans discuss footballers' physical fitness. Get over yourself.

[Kazanne]

People are basing that assumption on her relationship with Jim though, and so far I only see her as standing up for herself

Salman,people base their assumptions of Jim on his past,you don't mind about that

[Pincho Paxton]

People are basing that assumption on her relationship with Jim though, and so far I only see her as standing up for herself

She's not having a relationship with Jim, the arguments are coming from her own mind, which is not normal.

[Northern Monkey]

Absolutely NOTHING indicates she is mentally ill now stop with your vile excessive hate

So you think her obsessive behaviour is normal?I honestly don't.It's one thing to not get on with somebody for something that may have happened years in the past,but to make them the topic of 99% of discussions you have and literally screw your face up whenever they speak and pick at every word they say is'nt the norm.They don't have to like each other but what she does is like some weird stalker thing.Not only that,She always has this unhappy look on her face,I've barely seen her crack a smile.She seems like a very unhappy person.

[optimisticcynic]

I think it's an offence to mentally unstable people to be labelling anyone with a backbone and/or a vendetta with the term.

Reece have you qualifications to make such a statement? Are you familiar with the diagnostic relevance in ICD10 of preoccupations, overvalued ideas and delusions? "mentally unstable people" thank you for your concern.

[Northern Monkey]

Doesn't give you the right to tell people to stop discussing things...

As far as I can see these threads have been in no way insulting, OTT or offensive.

Exactly,I tried not to be offensive.I think Linda seems depressed to me and takes it out on Jim in the house,She more than likely does it outside the house aswell i bet but with other people.Imo.

[Kizzy]

I think 3 weeks with jim davidson would break anyone!
She needs to avoid the sexist raincloud of doom.

[Kizzy]

I think 3 weeks with jim davidson would break anyone!
She needs to avoid the sexist raincloud of doom.

[rionablue]

Linda has had a tough time in recent years and isn't earning any money. She got a good fee for going into Big Brother and she took it cos she needed the money. I think there have been a lot of celebrities in the past who haven't coped well with being in the house. Its a bit like Im a celeb get me out of here when a lot of Z listers sign up and then have to eat all kinds of bugs, endure baths full of spiders and sleep in bad conditions to earn their fee. I think the Big Brother gang get a better deal. Im on the fence where Linda is concerned really but if she needed the money and they asked her to do the show good on her!

[Robodog]

Exactly,I tried not to be offensive.I think Linda seems depressed to me and takes it out on Jim in the house,She more than likely does it outside the house aswell i bet but with other people.Imo.

I totally agree.

I don't even think it's that personal about Jim.

She entered the house clearly unhappy and i think she's just using Jim as a hook to hang on all her unhappiness while she's in the house.

Some people get addicted to negative drama and are very clever at hooking others into arguing back, so they can then use them as a target and blame them for all their inner upset. She does this very well with Jim all the time.

It's not nice and i feel sorry for Jim trapped in there with that. He is doing well to ride it out as calmly as he does, especially as he is battling his own issues himself.

[Northern Monkey]

Linda has had a tough time in recent years and isn't earning any money. She got a good fee for going into Big Brother and she took it cos she needed the money. I think there have been a lot of celebrities in the past who haven't coped well with being in the house. Its a bit like Im a celeb get me out of here when a lot of Z listers sign up and then have to eat all kinds of bugs, endure baths full of spiders and sleep in bad conditions to earn their fee. I think the Big Brother gang get a better deal. Im on the fence where Linda is concerned really but if she needed the money and they asked her to do the show good on her!

I think BB would be more of a brain drain than Celeb too because of the amount of hours they are doing nothing but sat around thinking with nothing to keep them busy and their mind active.People need distractions and to be able to escape their own thoughts for a while.I don't think sitting around obsessing can be good for somebody who may have an issue.

[smudgie]

I think she is doing ok.
She does not seem any more unstable than Jim, they both argue like cat and dog.
She digs at him, he digs at her. Two of a kind.

[Z]

I think 3 weeks with jim davidson would break anyone!
She needs to avoid the sexist raincloud of doom.

Everyone else is coping fine...

[Videostar]

I think 3 weeks with jim davidson would break anyone!
She needs to avoid the sexist raincloud of doom.

That's amazing as Jim isn't the one going out of his way to upset her.

[Kizzy]

If you believe that fine...

[Kizzy]

Everyone else is coping fine...

Luisa isn't fine, she thinks he's horrible and she's only known him a matter of days :idc:

[Videostar]

Luisa isn't fine, she thinks he's horrible and she's only known him a matter of days :idc:

She thinks everyone is horrible that doesn't agree with every word she says...she's a gobby cow.

[duclos]

Just look at Vanessa Feltz and even Paula Hamilton

[JayBlaze]

Linda is a vile piece of ****

[Kizzy]

She thinks everyone is horrible that doesn't agree with every word she says...she's a gobby cow.

That's an objective analysis... from what I've seen luisa gets on with everyone, except him.

[Videostar]

That's an objective analysis... from what I've seen luisa gets on with everyone, except him.

Lionel, Dappy,? everyone else keeps their heads down and tries not to awake the beast.

Sam and Ollie would agree with her if she told them to run into a brick wall.

[Kizzy]

Lionel isn't a HM now is he? but he LOVED luisa :joker: that's a bad example too as lionel couldn't stand jim :joker:
Dappy likes her too, especially in the shower.

[Pincho Paxton]

Oh well, Linda has a place booked for BOTS in summer I would imagine. So she has found work for sure. Which means she is fine to be on Big Brother.

[Z]

Luisa isn't fine, she thinks he's horrible and she's only known him a matter of days :idc:

Lol yeah right. Luisa can sit in a room with Jim without inventing an argument out of thin air; she doesn't like the guy and he doesn't like her but it's not ruining her experience in the house. The only person whose experience is being ruined is Linda, her hate for Jim has consumed her thoughts and it's all she's been able to talk about the entire time she's been in there. Otherwise she's a very pedestrian housemate who hasn't contributed anything of note; I can't think of a single thing Linda's provided for discussion other than about Jim.

[Vanessa]

Lol yeah right. Luisa can sit in a room with Jim without inventing an argument out of thin air; she doesn't like the guy and he doesn't like her but it's not ruining her experience in the house. The only person whose experience is being ruined is Linda, her hate for Jim has consumed her thoughts and it's all she's been able to talk about the entire time she's been in there. Otherwise she's a very pedestrian housemate who hasn't contributed anything of note; I can't think of a single thing Linda's provided for discussion other than about Jim.

I agree. They're even planning to cook together later. I bet Linda will be looking on like this : :eek::huh::fist:

[Niamh.]

Lol yeah right. Luisa can sit in a room with Jim without inventing an argument out of thin air; she doesn't like the guy and he doesn't like her but it's not ruining her experience in the house. The only person whose experience is being ruined is Linda, her hate for Jim has consumed her thoughts and it's all she's been able to talk about the entire time she's been in there. Otherwise she's a very pedestrian housemate who hasn't contributed anything of note; I can't think of a single thing Linda's provided for discussion other than about Jim.

yep, all that is spot on. Any argument Jim and Luisa have had was for actual reasons (on both sides) whereas you can almost see Lindas mind ticking over anytime Jim speaks like she's waiting on the chance to jump on something he says, anything that could even remotely be used against him. This hate for him seems all consuming in her. Now again, i have no idea what he's done to her to make her feel and act that way and maybe it is deserved, who knows? but being that bitter is really not good for a person and she can't be happy like that. I was going to add that she probably shouldn't have gone in this year because those feeling of pure hate towards him are so strong but it sounds like she really needed the cash, so i feel sorry for her in that way. I do think she'd feel alot better though in herself if she could try to let these negative feeling go and move forward

[Z]

yep, all that is spot on. Any argument Jim and Luisa have had was for actual reasons (on both sides) whereas you can almost see Lindas mind ticking over anytime Jim speaks like she's waiting on the chance to jump on something he says, anything that could even remotely be used against him. This hate for him seems all consuming in her. Now again, i have no idea what he's done to her to make her feel and act that way and maybe it is deserved, who knows? but being that bitter is really not good for a person and she can't be happy like that. I was going to add that she probably shouldn't have gone in this year because those feeling of pure hate towards him are so strong but it sounds like she really needed the cash, so i feel sorry for her in that way. I do think she'd feel alot better though in herself if she could try to let these negative feeling go and move forward

I think so too. I was watching clips of her with her sisters when they were on Loose Women in 2007 and she seemed so happy, full of life and was smiling throughout. Linda is not an inherently bitter, sour person - I just think that life has made her that way in the last 7 years and unfortunately for her we're seeing a very negative side of her because Jim is a reminder of a low point in her past. If she let go of her anger towards him she'd be much happier overall. She doesn't have to forget but within herself she needs to forgive or she's going to be forever miserable.

[Niamh.]

I think so too. I was watching clips of her with her sisters when they were on Loose Women in 2007 and she seemed so happy, full of life and was smiling throughout. Linda is not an inherently bitter, sour person - I just think that life has made her that way in the last 7 years and unfortunately for her we're seeing a very negative side of her because Jim is a reminder of a low point in her past. If she let go of her anger towards him she'd be much happier overall. She doesn't have to forget but within herself she needs to forgive or she's going to be forever miserable.

Yeah and i think you hit the nail on the head with the BIB, I'm just guessing here but I'd guess that whatever he did wasn't as bad as she's making out or trying to believe herself even, just that it reminds her of how things started to go bad for her

[Z]

Yeah and i think you hit the nail on the head with the BIB, I'm just guessing here but I'd guess that whatever he did wasn't as bad as she's making out or trying to believe herself even, just that it reminds her of how things started to go bad for her

Yeah I think you're right. Her husband was convicted of theft and I'm maybe joining dots that aren't there but perhaps he was stealing because they were having financial difficulties/had poor spending habits and it all spiralled out of control after his conviction, then he passed away etc... so I don't think life has been easy for Linda since then

[Kizzy]

Lol yeah right. Luisa can sit in a room with Jim without inventing an argument out of thin air; she doesn't like the guy and he doesn't like her but it's not ruining her experience in the house. The only person whose experience is being ruined is Linda, her hate for Jim has consumed her thoughts and it's all she's been able to talk about the entire time she's been in there. Otherwise she's a very pedestrian housemate who hasn't contributed anything of note; I can't think of a single thing Linda's provided for discussion other than about Jim.

It's all she's been shown talking about zee... we only see an hour of highlights.
If jim thinks his will is stronger than luisas he's mistaken.

[flamingGalah!]

I don't know if Linda is really a fruitcake or if she is just as argumentative & irrational on the outside, whatever she is a bitch...

[Jordan.]

So the same people who call her all the names under the sun also think she's mentally ill? Well good for you for making fun of a person who needs help.

[Vanessa]

I think she's very obsessive in her hatred for Jim. It's not healthy or normal. She needs to let it go.

[flamingGalah!]

So the same people who call her all the names under the sun also think she's mentally ill? Well good for you for making fun of a person who needs help.

Oh go take your fake shock & disgrace elsewhere... :sleep:

[Z]

It's all she's been shown talking about zee... we only see an hour of highlights.
If jim thinks his will is stronger than luisas he's mistaken.

It's all she's been shown talking about, Kizzy, because that's all she talks about. We do not see Luisa sit and talk about Jim every episode because Luisa has fun, talks about different things and is an entertaining housemate. Also I have no idea what the second part of your comment is talking about or where it came from? Jim thinking his will is stronger than Luisa's? Eh?

[Jordan.]

Oh go take your fake shock & disgrace elsewhere... :sleep:

Omg rude this comment has really upset me

[flamingGalah!]

Omg rude this comment has really upset me

Oh I'm sure it has... :whistle:

[Pincho Paxton]

So the same people who call her all the names under the sun also think she's mentally ill? Well good for you for making fun of a person who needs help.

If she needs help she shouldn't be on a show designed to put you in the limelight. If we can't talk about her get her out of the house.

[optimisticcynic]

So the same people who call her all the names under the sun also think she's mentally ill? Well good for you for making fun of a person who needs help.

Bellends can become mentally ill. Bad people die as well. Why can I hear your comment in a child-like Luisa voice?

[reece(:]

Bellends can become mentally ill. Bad people die as well. Why can I hear your comment in a child-like Luisa voice?
Only you can answer that

[Kizzy]

It's all she's been shown talking about, Kizzy, because that's all she talks about. We do not see Luisa sit and talk about Jim every episode because Luisa has fun, talks about different things and is an entertaining housemate. Also I have no idea what the second part of your comment is talking about or where it came from? Jim thinking his will is stronger than Luisa's? Eh?

I meant he won't be able to control or manipulate her like he does dappy, he won't be able to perform his mind feckery on luisa.
In business I bet she's chewed and spat out blokes like him.

[Z]

I meant he won't be able to control or manipulate her like he does dappy, he won't be able to perform his mind feckery on luisa.
In business I bet she's chewed and spat out blokes like him.

I don't think he's controlling or manipulating anyone - Dappy's made a point of befriending everyone to avoid being up for eviction and Jim doesn't have any other friends in the house.

In addition to that, yes, Luisa is strong willed and isn't taken in by anyone else's game playing - she's very direct, calls things as she sees them and I think she'd be a worthy winner, even if she's a total brat :laugh:

[Kizzy]

Bellends can become mentally ill. Bad people die as well. Why can I hear your comment in a child-like Luisa voice?

Are you hearing voices?....

[anne666]

We seem to have the largest number of hopelessly dysfunctional adults ever this year, it increases every series. Who are you comparing her to exactly because I can think of some who are actually worse :dance:

[Kizzy]

I don't think he's controlling or manipulating anyone - Dappy's made a point of befriending everyone to avoid being up for eviction and Jim doesn't have any other friends in the house.

In addition to that, yes, Luisa is strong willed and isn't taken in by anyone else's game playing - she's very direct, calls things as she sees them and I think she'd be a worthy winner, even if she's a total brat :laugh:

Ah I see it as tic tacs, but we'll see...
There's definitely more to her than T&A, no wonder jim dislikes her ;)