Jennifer Sky, whom I had never heard of before, has written an article chronicling her struggles with PTSD. She traces the source of her torment not to experiences in battle or some violent experience, but to modeling as a teen.
http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/09/working-...-ptsd.html
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This bitch turned into a 30-year-old college student after doing bit parts on Xena and the like. She started out as a model in Japan at 15. She feels deep trauma since the agency she worked for "did not show [her] the grocery store or the nearest laundromat, the bank or police station... [or] how to dial an international line home." The same process repeated over again when she moved to New York City at 16. Here's part of how she describes her living conditions:
Sounds horrifying. But seriously, according to her, being a model is hard work and full of 'abuse.'
You mean, there's a potential downside to chasing fame in an unfamiliar city. Zero sympathy.
http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/09/working-...-ptsd.html
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In January 2010, I moved back to New York to finish college in my mid-thirties, a thing I had been too busy to do as a kid. It was a hard winter. The panic attacks came more frequently. I began taking anti-anxiety medication, along with migraine medication every day, but sometimes this was not enough. Everything was a possible trigger[...]
Soon after, I was diagnosed with complex PTSD. Everything led back to my time as a teen model.
This bitch turned into a 30-year-old college student after doing bit parts on Xena and the like. She started out as a model in Japan at 15. She feels deep trauma since the agency she worked for "did not show [her] the grocery store or the nearest laundromat, the bank or police station... [or] how to dial an international line home." The same process repeated over again when she moved to New York City at 16. Here's part of how she describes her living conditions:
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Bob De Niro was our neighbor. The Bowery Bar gave us free drinks all night.
Sounds horrifying. But seriously, according to her, being a model is hard work and full of 'abuse.'
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Countless questionable things happened to me during my time as a model. From neglect to molestation to topless photo shoots to men exposing themselves to being made to stand in a freezing pool until I turned blue, I would be abused for the entirety of my career.
You mean, there's a potential downside to chasing fame in an unfamiliar city. Zero sympathy.