Famous People With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Monica Seles

Monica Seles had been the world’s No. 1 tennis player and a grand slam champion by the age of 16. Monica experienced a knife attack when she was stabbed in the back with a 9-inch kitchen knife at the age of nineteen years during a court break at a tournament in Hamburg just a few months later.

This experience, coupled with her father’s deadly cancer diagnosis around the same time, resulted in long-term PTSD and an eating problem.

Monica made a comeback before withdrawing from the sport after learning to “live in the moment.” She learned to love herself again after working through the isolation and stress on her own.

During the 2 years following her tragic incident, she had a significant weight gain, and Seles recounted her struggles with self-image in her book, “Getting a Grip: On My Body, My Mind, and Self.”

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg, the talk show host, actress, and comedian, devotes a lot of her time traveling across the globe for her job.

What you may not be aware of is that she gets a panic attack every time she hops on an aircraft.

She was resting on a balcony in San Diego in 1978, taking in the scenery, when she watched a jet crash in mid-flight. She has had difficulty boarding aircraft since then.

Because she is a visual person, Whoopi explains, “If I see it, it lives in my brain.” Goldberg has learning problems and was raised in a poor residential neighborhood.

Mick Jagger

Sir Mick Jagger is known all over the world as the leader of The Rolling Stones, a hugely successful band. However, celebrity does not protect people from developing PTSD or acute traumatic stress disorder.

After his long-term spouse, L’Wren Scott, 49, committed suicide, he contracted the illness. A person can be labeled with PTSD after a month of acute traumatic stress.

When his psychological health problem was made public, Mick Jagger was said to be “very disturbed.” It’s encouraging for the rest of us to understand that no one is immune to the consequences of PTSD.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was former President John F. Kennedy’s wife. When she saw JFK’s assassination, her universe was flipped on its head.

Barbara Leaming wrote “Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story,” which details the first lady’s personal challenges that were masked under a layer of beauty.

Shia LaBeouf

Shia LaBeouf spoke up about his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in 2018. His parents divorced when he was 3 years old, and he witnessed his mom being abused and raped at the time.

His mental struggles had been suppressed for a long time, but they surfaced when he was jailed in Georgia for public intoxication and disorderly conduct.

LaBeouf has lived in constant fear of someone pursuing him or his mother since he was a toddler. “I’ve always thought somebody was coming in,” Shia says. He discovered he had PTSD while in rehabilitation.

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand is a multi-award-winning superstar. Her childhood, on the other hand, was far from ideal. Her father died when she was 16 months old, her mother did not show her any love, and her stepfather did not like her.

When Streisand lost the lines to a song she was singing at a performance in New York, she became anxious. As a perfectionist, Streisand was deeply shaken by this experience.

She allegedly admitted to taking anti-anxiety medicine to treat her anxiety issue and seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Streisand is well-known for her secrecy, preferring to remain in the comfort of her own home, where she has complete control over her surroundings.

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron, a well-known South African actress, suffered a tragic event as a youngster that has followed her through her life.

When Theron’s dad (an alcoholic) threatened to murder her mother when she was 15, she fired at him and killed him in self-defense.

Hard drugs such as “molly” (ecstasy), mushrooms, acid, and cocaine were used as a result of the trauma. She described herself as a “wake and baker” in the past. Theron, a single mom of two, claims that counseling has aided her in providing a wonderful life for her children.