Kathy Griffin recently revealed that she has been diagnosed with an "extreme case" of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
The 62-year-old comedian - who won Primetime Emmy Awards for her reality show Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List in 2007 and 2008 - has had a rough few years, especially since her cancer diagnosis in late 2021.
Now, it seems that Griffin is suffering from PTSD - after making the revelation in a TikTok video posted to her account over the weekend.
In the clip - which has been viewed tens of thousands of times - Griffin seems to ask her followers for recommendations
Check out the video below:"Let's talk about PTSD. Never talked about it publicly," Griffin begins in the video. "You can laugh or whatever, but I've been diagnosed with complex PTSD, and it's called an extreme case."
She adds: "If any of you know my story, you'll understand that this really started for me about 5 ½ years ago. Wink," seemingly referring to the backlash she received in 2017 when she posed for a photo with a bloodied replica of former President Donald Trump's head.
Griffin's career was effectively destroyed in the aftermath - she was fired from her long-running gig cohosting CNN's New Year's Eve special, some of her theater shows were canceled, she was also investigated by the Secret Service, and she was also put on a 'No-Fly' list, Deadline detailed.
Griffin also discussed her lung cancer diagnosis in the TikTok video, adding that this "didn't help" her mental state.
In a Newsweek op-ed in 2022, Griffin explained the effects of her "erasure", writing: "Now, we're in such a time, exacerbated by social media, where we really have this universal lack of forgiveness."
She added: "I realized I had better not leave my house for a couple of months, until everything slowed down. I started taking any prescription pill I could get my hands on. I was taking a lot of Valium, which is very addictive, and Xanax. I then overdosed on June 25, 2020 and went to the hospital on one of those psychiatric holds."
"But I got the help I needed. And now I go to AA, even though I'm a pill girl," she assured fans.
Earlier this week, Griffin posted on Instagram that she went to the hospital to get an MRI done on Easter Sunday, sharing an image of herself bundled in a blanket and wearing a face mask while sitting in a hospital's hallway.
"Happy Easter??? Getting an MRI," the caption on the image read.
Since sharing her candid TikTok video, Griffin received an outpouring of support from her fans, as well as advice on how they deal with their respective battles:
Replying to many of her commenters, Griffin revealed that her family's four dogs have been a great support, and that she was going to try a psychotherapy called Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).
We wish Griffin all the best with her ongoing health journey.
