Anna-Maria Zimmermann Credits Hypnotherapy With Processing 2010 Helicopter Crash
Her remarks follow a year of personal transition marked by a public separation.
Overview
- At Cathy Hummels’ charity Christmas event on December 11, Zimmermann told RTL she sought treatment years after the accident with a therapist who uses hypnosis.
- She said the sessions helped her work through the trauma, describing the relief as feeling "20 kilograms lighter."
- The singer recounted surviving the October 24, 2010 crash near Altenbeken by Paderborn, which left her with life-threatening injuries, multiple fractures, and a coma.
- Zimmermann reports she does not struggle with fear of flying and flew to Mallorca seven months after the crash to confront it.
- Earlier in 2025 she announced a separation from husband Christian Tegeler, with whom she has two sons, and she now describes feeling more comfortable in herself at 37.