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Oprah thinks Reese Witherspoon showed PTSD symptoms after Weinstein news

Witherspoon since has spoken about her sexual abuse incident and leaving an abusive relationship.

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In a recent session of Super Soul Sunday Conversation, Oprah Winfrey revealed that her A Wrinkle in Time co-star Reese Witherspoon showed signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke.

She said that Witherspoon, after two days since the news broke, was acting like some of the girls from her school, who suffer from PTSD. "Everybody was acting like they were afraid and they were having the conversation."

Oprah was discussing the incident with Salma Hayek.

"I remember Reese saying, 'Oh god, this is just so upsetting. And someone mentions his name, I start tearing up. And every time I hear someone else speak, it just causes me to be upset and I haven't slept in two days'.

"So I said, 'Jeez, you guys are suffering from PTSD. Did something happen to you?' Nobody said anything at the time," Winfrey recalled.

Witherspoon since has spoken about being assaulted by a director when she was only 16. 

"(I feel) true disgust at the director who assaulted me when I was 16 years old and anger at the agents and the producers who made me feel that silence was a condition of my employment," the Big Little Lies star told Elle magazine.

She also revealed that she left an abusive relationship when she was younger.

"I was young. Really young. I was a different person too. It changed who I was on a cellular level, the fact that I stood up for myself. Leaving those situations [isn't] easy because it's wrought with self-doubt, particularly if someone damages your self-esteem. I didn't have self-esteem, you know? And I'm a different person now," Witherspoon said when she appeared on Super Soul Sunday.

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