Lady Gaga Describes What Her PTSD Symptoms Feel Like: ‘My Whole Body Goes Into a Spasm’

How her mental health affects her chronic pain. By Andrea Park In her cover interview for the October 2018 issue of Vogue, Lady Gaga revealed new details about her mental health and what it’s like to live with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic pain, which she says were both triggered by a sexual assault she experienced at age 19. In the interview, Gaga described her PTSD symptoms as being like “that feeling when you’re on a roller coaster and you’re just about to go down the really steep slope.” “[You know] that fear and the drop…

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Lady Gaga Says She’s Dealt With Fibromyalgia Pain For Five Years

Lady Gaga recently opened up about the fibromyalgia she’s been living with for the past few years — and there’s more candid moments where that came from. In a new trailer for her upcoming Netflix documentary, Five Foot Two, the pop star is shown visiting doctors and reflecting on the effect the chronic ailment has had on her life. The Joanne singer says the combination of rigorous touring schedules and her fibromyalgia diagnosis have caused her to experience symptoms like “paranoia, fear, body pain, [and] anxiety.” She continues, holding back tears, “I go from everyone touching me all…

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