{"id":3050,"date":"2023-07-28T11:06:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T15:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/?p=3050"},"modified":"2023-07-28T12:27:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:27:33","slug":"tay-dome-lautner-says-god-gave-her-a-platform-to-help-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2023\/07\/tay-dome-lautner-says-god-gave-her-a-platform-to-help-others.html","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Lautner\u2019s Wife Says God Gave Her a Platform to Help Others"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A recent Surgeon General Advisory reported that the mental health epidemic in the United States has affected more than 1 in 5 adults<\/a> and more than 1 in 3 young adults with some mental illness. This crisis has brought the issue to the forefront for many people, especially those personally affected.<\/p>\n

One of those people is mental health blogger Tay Dome Lautner, wife of the \u201cTwilight\u201d saga star Taylor Lautner. She told Sadie Robertson Huff on her \u201cWhoa That\u2019s Good\u201d podcast, \u201cI lost a good friend. He had bipolar disorder, and he took his life like five years ago; a lot of my family members have struggled with addiction, and I\u2019ve always just kind of been surrounded by it but never really experienced it on my own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lautner discussed her struggles with anxiety and PTSD after her time as a new nurse during the COVID pandemic. Many healthcare workers were overwhelmed due to the crisis leaving hospitals short-staffed. She recalled, \u201cSo here I am, taking care of five patients the first time on my own, like four would have been plenty. And I remember just like crying that first night because when you go into one room, you got to put the gown on. You have your one mask on; you have to put another mask over you, have to put your goggles, on the shield on, booties on, double glove, and then you go in, and then you go out, and then you take it off, and then you re-put it all back on to go into the next room.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lautner said she realized how much that season in her life affected her when she would have lapses in her memory. For example, there was a time when her husband asked if she wanted to go to a specific restaurant they\u2019d been to multiple times. She recalled, \u201cTaylor had texted me, and he was like, \u2018Hey, do you want to go to this restaurant for dinner?\u2019\u00a0 And I\u2019m looking at the name. And I\u2019m like, I know I\u2019ve been here, I can\u2019t remember where it is, who I\u2019ve been with. I could literally remember going. I know I\u2019ve been there but can\u2019t remember going there.\u201d<\/p>\n