Kate Beckinsale posted alarming messages on social media weeks after sharing a heartbreaking message about navigating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
“congratulations you won i give up,” she wrote on her Instagram Stories Sunday atop a photo of a street and a rainbow.
The “Underworld” actress, 53, also posted the word “bye” on Instagram. The comments were turned off on the post.
Page Six has reached out to Beckinsale’s rep for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Earlier this month, the “Pearl Harbor” star opened up about her struggles with PTSD, a mental health condition that can develop after someone experiences or witnesses a terrifying or life-threatening event.
In a now-deleted Instagram video, Beckinsale shared that people who “have seen or experienced levels of horror, terror, violence” cannot escape their traumas, but they should be recognized as “heroes.”
“A lot of those people become incredibly good at masking it,” she said in the clip. “And it’s sad because they become so good that they get no grace whatsoever.”
The award-winning actress explained that though people with PTSD go about their everyday lives, they barely sleep because their dreams are “full of nightmares.”
“Anything — smells, sounds, thoughts, feelings — can trigger them into a place that is actually like hell,” she shared, noting that since battling PTSD is “invisible,” people should be “kinder and gentler” to others.
“It really is true that when you haven’t walked a mile in someone’s shoes — however fancy you think the shoes are — you have absolutely no idea what they might be carrying, masking, dealing with day and night,” she stated.
Beckinsale concluded her video by reiterating that PTSD victims “are the loneliest people” who “continue to try and put one foot in front of the other.”
The “Serendipity” star has been candid about her struggles since her mother, Judy Loe, died in her arms last July. Beckinsale also lost her stepfather, Roy Battersby, in January 2024.
While navigating a “really hard year,” fans made negative comments about Beckinsale’s apparent weight loss, prompting her to scrub all of her Instagram photos.
If you or someone you care about is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
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