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Are You Suffering Madonna Syndrome?; - from You magazine
Topic Started: Mar 19 2006, 04:57 PM (162 Views)
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Are You Suffering From Madonna Syndrome?

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  • We all know that Madonna is an over-achiever, but while other female celebrities slow in their 40s, Madonna just goes on and on.

    She still needs to be the best at everything she does, and needs very public recognition when she does it. Even her recovery from a riding accident was celebrated with a trot across New York with the mayor.

    And, as usual, Madonna is spear-heading a trend. Throughout the country there's an increasing number of us who will recognise the symptoms of Madonna Syndrome.

    Over-achieving, loving the limelight (and certainly stressed), Madonna Syndrome Woman puts enormous pressure on herself to be the best at everything, whether it's holding down a successful career, or running family life like a CEO, or both.
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    She stays up late to entertain in style, she rises at dawn for a punishing session with her personal trainer, and her laptop is tucked in her handbag to make sure she's first to snaffle that must-have item from net-a-porter.com.

    Like Madonna, she has a Backdrop Husband (he doesn't share centre-stage or cramp her style), an impressive career history, she's toned and ultra-groomed, and searches for her spiritual side - whether it's in Ayurvedic medicine or at the Fair Trade club at her local church.

    And while it might be good for your profile, Madonna Syndrome is not that good for the rest of you. "Needing to be competitive and in control all the time carries an emotional cost to both your health and your relationships," says Susan Firth, a psychologist specialising in stress and self-esteem at work.

    "You find fault with your partner or friends because you constantly want them to be better than they are." So how can you spot whether you have Madonna Syndrome? And if you've got it, how can deal with it?

    SIGN 1: YOU HAVE TO BE THE BEST AT EVERYTHING

    Madonna has to have the best marriage (Guy Ritchie is her "trailer b***h" when she's on tour), she has to be the best parent (he gives the kids chocolate but she makes them tidy their rooms) and have the best spiritual/ religious/ self-help path (see Sign 5).

    Symptoms: You're competitive not for your own piece of mind, but because you want to show everyone else how good you are.

    Cure: "Competitiveness is a learnt behaviour," says Susan Firth.

    "When you get your first thrill from your first taste of success you can't stop. Recognise your limitations and work within those.

    "You can be a perfectionist about a task, but don't demand perfectionism in yourself, otherwise you'll burn out."

    SIGN 2: YOU TRY TOO HARD TO LOOK GOOD

    Madonna turned up at the launch of her children's book, The English Roses, looking like a cross between Enid Blyton and Grace Kelly. She even goes out for a quiet dinner with Guy in knickerbockers and a beret.

    And her relentless workout regime and hollow-cheeked appearance have provoked comments that she's overdone it.

    Symptoms: You're prepared to miss a school event now and again, but nothing will stand in the way of your gym appointment. Your children worry that you'll turn up in crocheted shorts and a slashed-to-the-waist shirt at the school gates.

    Cure: "When dressing for a social occasion, consider the type of people who will be there," explains Sukeena Rao, head of personal shopping at Harrods.

    "You need to wear clothes that allow you to feel confident and comfortable when you're having a conversation." When you miss the children's bedtime three nights in a row because of your exercise class, make yourself stay at home for the next four.

    SIGN 3: YOU'VE LOST YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR

    Madonna was such good fun in the '90s. Her book, Sex, was tongue-in-cheek and her next big hit, Human Nature, was a riotous reply to her critics. Now Sex is out of print and Human Nature never gets airplay.

    Symptoms: It's not that you can't take a joke, you don't even realise it's supposed to be funny. Once the party girl on everyone's list, you now take yourself more seriously than Melvin Bragg's quiff. ...

    SIGN 4: YOUR PARTIES ARE HARD WORK

    Egged on by Guy, Madonna won a dance-off at her after-show party last year, beating rival celebrities and her own dance troupe. That must have been fun. Oh, and guests were offered £3 bottles of Kabbalah water. A weary-looking Gwyneth Paltrow was seen leaving early.

    Symptoms: You make your guests do what you want them to do (network, admire the furnishings, put their glasses on coasters) rather than what they want to do (relax, gossip, knock back white wine). People only show up because there's loads of free booze and you order all those fabulous Waitrose canapés from Ocado....

    SIGN 5: YOU'VE FOUND THE ANSWER TO LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING

    In her recent documentary, I'm Going To Tell You A Secret, Madonna made Kabbalah a central theme. Now that she's discovered the truth, everyone has to listen... and agree.

    Symptoms: You scold your friends for not going to church (C of E is the new black); you get into rows at dinner parties because you actually think Live 8 worked. ....

    SIGN 6: YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR SEX LIFE AT SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS

    Madonna is the mistress of the double entendre when out with Guy in public. When Guy mock-wrestles a bouncer to the floor in the documentary I'm Going To Tell You A Secret, she says, "We haven't even done that position yet". Too much information, Madge.

    .... Cure: "Telling everyone about the great sex you had last night often means that you're not terribly secure about your relationship," says Relate relationship psychotherapist, Paula Hall.

    "You need to be able to hold that knowledge just between you and your partner as it will strengthen your relationship. Whisper it into his ear. It secures the bond and it's a sexy thing to do."

    SIGN 7: YOU TRY TO CONTROL YOUR HUSBAND

    Madonna has influenced Guy's religious and career choices. His last movie Revolver bombed, her latest album Confessions on a Dancefloor soared.

    But with Guy under her thumb, she worries that he's dull. Now she's thrilled about the gossip surrounding her 'friendship' with her 28-year-old producer, Stuart Price. It makes her so 'down with the kids' ....

    SIGN 8: THE PAST IS A DIFFERENT COUNTRY (WARDROBE, ETHOS, PERSON...)

    Madonna is the mistress of reinvention. We've had the Material Girl, the sex slut and the bling bling queen.

    Now she's sexed-up landed gentry who wears pearlised Lyrca (see her latest video, Sorry, where she contorts on the floor like an over-sexed gymnast).

    The irony is that while Madonna constantly changes, she's never grown up. She's the Peter Pan of pop.

    Symptoms: You hate being reminded about the past. You throw yourself wholeheartedly into new projects whether it's a new job, a relationship or updating your wardrobe.

    Life, in fact, is a series of projects but self-knowledge isn't one of them. Consequently, you keep reaching for the same goals and never move on.

    Cure: "If you don't learn from the past, you can live life on a desperately superficial level," explains chartered psychologist, Ros Taylor.

    "Ask a trusted relative, for example, about how you were as a child; that can help you look at your past from a different angle and help you become more self-aware.

    "It's only when we get self-knowledge that we can find our real goals and move on."
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BTW, the poll I linked to above? The results so far (Mar 19, 2006) -

What do you think of Madonna?

1) She is a role model to be admired - 24%

2) She sends out the wrong signals to women - 76%

Thank you for voting.
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Rather insightful, even though there were a few sycophantic bits such as this
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Madonna was such good fun in the '90s. Her book, Sex, was tongue-in-cheek and her next big hit, Human Nature, was a riotous reply to her critics.


People with this disease probably need some strong antibiotics, too!
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Mar 20 2006, 06:52 PM
People with this disease probably need some strong antibiotics, too!
When I saw the term "Madonna Syndrome," I was wondering if that was the C.D.C.'s (or W.H.O.'s) name for a special strain of Madonna-created STD. :laugh:
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  Rather insightful, even though there were a few sycophantic bits such as this
Yeah, it was one of those mixed bags things. Parts of it kind of slammed her ( :good: ), and other parts kissed her rear end ( :bad: ).
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