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Chris Brown has been dealing with several medical issues that have been at the root of his angry outbursts, according to the anger management facility he's been in for the last month and a half.
The singer has been diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, bipolar II disorder and severe sleep deprivation. The weed smoking habit Chris picked up was one way he was improperly self medicating
TMZ obtained a report from the facility that details Chris' diagnosis.
"Mr. Brown became aggressive and acted out physically due to his untreated mental health disorder, severe sleep deprivation, inappropriate self-medicating and untreated PTSD."
Chris has responded well to treatment, medication prescribed for his conditions and relaxation exercises. He has tested negative for weed during his stay at the facility and is working hard to complete his court ordered community service.
"Mr. Brown's attitude has been beyond exemplary in regard to his community service responsibilities."
The National Institute of Mental Health writes there are several causes for PTSD.
PTSD develops after a terrifying ordeal that involved physical harm or the threat of physical harm. The person who develops PTSD may have been the one who was harmed, the harm may have happened to a loved one, or the person may have witnessed a harmful event that happened to loved ones or strangers.
Chris Brown and his mother Joyce Hawkins
The treatment facility didn't disclose how Chris got PTSD, but in 2009 he told MTV that he witnessed his mother, Joyce Hawkins, being physically abused by his stepfather when he was "7 or 8" years old.
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