Great British Bake Off winner says assault by relative played role in her anxiety and PTSD
Nadiya Hussain, who found fame by winning the Great British Bake Off, has revealed that she was sexually assaulted aged five by a relative.
The chef, who is also an author and presenter, did a programme in May about her struggles with anxiety, in which she discovered that she probably suffered from PTSD.
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