Lady Gaga has a number of achievements to her name, from releasing chart-topping songs, starring in award-winning films, to winning numerous awards, one can argue she has achieved it all in her career.
However, there is pain behind Gaga’s fame that many may not know about, the superstar entertainer struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of multiple sexual assaults when she was 19.
During a chat with media mogul, Oprah Winfrey and an audience of 15,000 in Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida, the pop star opened up about her challenges with mental health as well as her day-to-day battles with chronic pain and fibromyalgia.
The talk was part Winfrey and WW’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus Tour. Speaking about an episode she described as a “psychotic break”, Gaga revealed:
“I was raped repeatedly when I was 19 years old,” she said. “And I also developed PTSD as a result of being raped and not being able to process that trauma.
“I did not have anyone to help me, I didn’t have a therapist, I did not have a psychiatrist, I did not have a doctor help me through it; I just, all of a sudden, became a star, and was travelling the world going from hotel rooms to . . . stage. I never dealt with it.”
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