Lady Gaga reveals struggle with PTSD

Lady Gaga opened up for the first time about coping with post-traumatic stress disorder. As part of NBC’s #ShareKindness campaign, the 30-year-old singer visited Harlem’s Ali Forney Center, a shelter for homeless LGBT teens, where she explained how the goodness of others has helped her heal. I told the kids today, ‘I suffer from PTSD.’ I’ve never told anyone that before. So here we are. But the kindness that’s shown to me by doctors as well as my family, and my friends, it’s really saved my life. Gaga was raped at the age of 19 but did not speak about the ordeal publicly until 2014. She also shared that she also looks to meditation as a source of solace. My own trauma in my life has helped me to understand the trauma of others.