Former Fuji TV Announcer Nagisa Watanabe Reveals PTSD and Launches Subscription Service
On October 1, announcer Nagisa Watanabe, who left Fuji Television Network in August, announced on her Instagram Stories that she had started a 400 yen/month subscription.
A few hours later, she announced the name of her previously undisclosed illness: she had been suffering from PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and announced that her treatment had ended ahead of schedule.
Watanabe wrote a lengthy essay describing the harshness of his battle with the disease.
If it weren’t for PTSD, I wouldn’t have quit Fuji.
《For the past one year and four months, it has been so hard to live, my body and soul have been in shambles.
《I will drink just one centimeter of soup and manage to live. Once that clears, I’ll take five minutes to walk to the convenience store a minute’s walk from my house.
《During May and June of this year, my panic attacks were particularly severe, so I wondered if I could ride a vehicle or go to a place with many people. I’ve been gradually increasing the distance and repeating small goals and experiments every day to see how far I can endure without anyone close to me.
He reveals that if he had not had PTSD, he would not have quit the job he loved. It seems that the symptoms were that severe.
On the other hand, however, Watanabe made headlines this past August when she watched the volleyball match against Japan at the Paris Olympics on site.
