LADY GAGA REVEALS SHE HAS BEEN LIVING WITH PTSD SINCE BEING RAPED "Today I shared one of my dee
The singer was raped when she was 19, and has been open about her experience; she dedicated the song Til It Happens To You to fellow survivors of sexual assault. But she never revealed that she's still dealing with the psychological effects of the trauma until now.
"I suffer from PTSD," she told interviewers. "I've never told anyone that before, so here we are. But the kindness that's been shown to me by doctors as well as my family and my friends, it's really saved my life."
Gaga said that her own trauma has helped her to understand traumas that others go through, and that includes the young people at the Ali Forney Center. "I don't have the same kinds of issues that you have, but I have a mental illness. And I struggle with that mental illness every day," she told the group. "I need my mantra to help keep me relaxed." She guided them through a mantra that helps her remember the positive in life: "You are brave, you are courageous."
