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Gabrielle Union opens up about her 30 year PTSD battle after having survived a sexual assault

[TRIGGER WARNING] One thing Gabrielle Union is going to do is keep it real. This week the American star took to IG to talk about her mental health and ongoing struggles with PTSD. When Union was 19, she was the victim of a sexual assault at gunpoint.

“As a rape survivor, I have battled PTSD for 30 years,” the 49-year-old actress wrote in her post. “Living with anxiety and panic attacks all these years has never been easy. 

“There’s times the anxiety is so bad it shrinks my life. Leaving the house or making a left hand turn at an uncontrolled light can fill me with terror.” 

“Anxiety can turn my anticipation about a party or fun event I’ve been excited about attending (Met Ball) into pure agony,” she wrote alongside a video of herself on the red carpet at this year’s Met Gala.

“Everyone experiences and deals with anxiety differently, and that’s OK. I don’t need you to try to ‘fix’ me,” she added.

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