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“Resilience and Romance: Sky’s Charlie Webster Shares Journey from Trauma to Seeking Love after listening to Taylor Swift TTPD album Despite PTSD
But the physical and mental toll it took on Charlie was compounded by the childhood abuse she suffered at the hands of her step-father and a running coach.
The former Sky Sports presenter has shared her experiences and the road to recovery in a new book, Why It’s OK To Talk About Trauma.
However, Charlie, 41, insists it is not all doom and gloom, saying: “I use some of my story in it to help people understand how these things impact us.
“That’s what I wanted the book to be, rather than, ‘isn’t this a sad but empowering story?’.”
Charlie began suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder while recovering from malaria and hopes the book can shake some of the stigma surrounding mental health.
It comes after actress Amanda Abbingtonsaid she received death threats for revealing she had been diagnosed with PTSD after quitting BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing on medical grounds.
Charlie explains: “My book is called Why It’s Ok To Talk About Trauma and a few people have asked me why we never talk about trauma.
“I really want to do this to try to change that and help people