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Alec Baldwin’s wife, Hilaria, took to social media to describe the trauma that they are currently enduring.
Alec fired a prop gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza.
An investigation is underway into the events leading up to the tragedy.
Hilaria shared a video to Instagram that contains motivational quotes from survivor stories.
“This is the ultimate balm to the open wounds of trauma,” a video post from Hilaria says.
“The more I heal, the more convinced I am that the greatest tool to heal, is people,” it continues.
“People who sit with us in our darkest hours. People who hear us when we cry for help. People who hold space & remind us we’re not alone.”
The video shows Hilaria seemingly spending more time with their kids.
“It can be difficult for a trauma survivor to ask for help. We are often stuck in a cycle believing we had bad stuff happen to us because we are bad people.”
“What we need most is validation that those things were not supposed to happen & that being helped is a human right,” it reads.
From Fox News:
Hilaria did not mention the death of Hutchins specifically, nor how Alec is coping almost three weeks after the event. However, it is in line with other comments that she made in the past about worrying for her husband’s mental health and possibly PTSD after Hutchins’ death.
“I brought [Alec] up here because we have to mourn Halyna’s death,” she told The New York Post. “Alec had a really traumatic thing happen, and I am trying to limit the PTSD.”
“You look at what happens to soldiers and police officers when something like this happens, it’s traumatic. We just came up here for quiet,” she added.
She also took to Instagram earlier that day to share a photo of their hands intertwined to state publicly that she’s supporting him amid the horrible event and the investigation that’s following.
— Advertisement — “I love you and I’m here,” she captioned the post.
