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Gabrielle Union talks about dealing with PTSD in front of husband Dwayne Wade

15.12.2020 - 14:15

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Union spoke about being a rape survivor and the PTSD that she endured in the years following the horrific incident. "For whatever reason, every time I talk about being a rape survivor, people are like [gasp] and then they forget.

We are so conditioned that we know what someone looks like who has suffered from PTSD, we believe we know what rape victims look like and it's not me," the 48-year-old told Henson and Jade.

The actress was raped at gunpoint by a stranger in the Payless store where she worked the summer before starting her sophomore year of college at UCLA.

Though Wade already knew about the sexual assault, quarantining with him put Union in a vulnerable mental space. She recalled about the experience: "I think it has been hard.