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Sophia Bush Discloses PTSD from Trauma on Chicago P.D. Set

On the ‘Reclaiming With Monica Lewinsky’ podcast she said the yearslong ordeal has left her with PTSD.

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Overview

  • She alleged that during her 2014–17 run as Erin Lindsay she endured ongoing physical and emotional abuse by someone old enough to be her father.
  • Bush described waking up with spontaneous illness and hives, enduring severe weight fluctuations, hair loss and chronic insomnia.
  • She recounted crippling anxiety that made her unable to leave her home or tolerate being touched in public.
  • Despite having the chance to exit after two seasons, she remained on the show until April 2017, calling the final years “physical hell.”
  • In October 2017 a network executive apologized for how complaints were handled, and Bush has since received therapy and a PTSD diagnosis.