Amanda Holden and her husband Chris Hughes were diagnosed with PTSD

Amanda Holden and husband Chris Hughes were diagnosed with PTSD and sought therapy following the death of their stillborn son Theo and to help conceive again. The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 49, described how the couple attended a session before she discovered hypnotherapy which helped her ‘believe in her body again’.  Amanda revealed how she ‘felt so … Read more

Gabrielle Union says her PTSD is triggered by the ‘pandemic and racial reckoning’

Gabrielle Union says her PTSD has been very triggered by the current state of the world and she’s leaning on her emotional toolkit and therapy to cope. The 47-year-old actress got candid about how she is managing her body, mind and soul in the midst of ‘the pandemic and this racial reckoning,’ in a new … Read more

Electromagnetic head stimulation can help overcome PTSD by taking the fear out of bad memories

Electromagnetic head stimulation can help overcome PTSD by taking the fear out of bad memories, study shows Experts from Italy used fear conditioning to create bad memories in volunteers The next day, each participant was exposed to the same negative stimulus again  The team next used electromagnetic coils on each volunteer’s pre-frontal cortex This did not … Read more

Kirsty Gallacher reveals her divorce from Paul Sampson gave her PTSD

Kirsty Gallacher has revealed she was left with PTSD following her ‘painful’ split from ex-husband Paul Sampson. The TV personality, 44, split from retired rugby star Paul, 42, in 2015 following a 15-year relationship. And five years on, the star spoke about the trauma of their ‘devastating’ break-up, admitting that it left her ‘grieving and … Read more

Meg Matthews reveals she suffered ‘terrible PTSD’ following her divorce from Noel Gallagher

‘I had nobody’: Meg Mathews reveals she suffered ‘terrible PTSD’ after the breakdown of her marriage to Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher By Ellie May Donohoe For Mailonline Published: 01:39 BST, 7 June 2020 | Updated: 01:41 BST, 7 June 2020 Meg Mathews has revealed she suffered ‘terrible Post Traumatic Stress Disorder’ after the breakdown of … Read more

Ariana Grande is ‘still suffering with PTSD’ three years on from Manchester Arena Bombing

Ariana Grande‘s manager Scotter Braun has revealed the singer is still ‘suffering’ on the three year anniversary of the Manchester Arena bombing.  A suicide bomber killed 22 and injured 139 when he detonated a device as people were leaving Ariana’s concert at the Manchester venue on May 22 2017. Speaking on the third anniversary of … Read more

NHS staff on the frontline treating coronavirus are facing a ticking timebomb of PTSD,

NHS staff on the coronavirus frontline are a ‘ticking timebomb of PTSD’ psychologists warn, as mental health charity reports 90% increase in requests for support Dr Jane McNeill said there could be a huge surge in PTSD cases for years to come Following SARS, PTSD surged in medics for three years, Dr Nick Zygouris said … Read more

MDMA reopens a ‘window in the brain’ that lets PTSD victims form new bonds

The popular party drug MDMA – or ecstasy – may ‘reopen’ narrow windows in the brain that allows us to re-learn better social behaviors, new research suggests.  MDMA has been given breakthrough therapy status by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because it has shown such promise for treating PTSD.  Scientists have observed the way … Read more