She’s one of the three remaining contestants competing on this year’s Australian Survivor. However, Pia Miranda has revealed that, despite her tough exterior, the Aussie star’s time on the survival show nearly broke her.
The Looking for Alibrandi star has confessed she felt like she was left with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after her stint in Fiji.
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‘I honestly felt like I had a bit of PTSD,’ before admitting she even began to think her own family was plotting against her,” she told a local Australian publication.
‘I told myself, ”My family isn’t plotting against me,” but some days I’d struggle to look them in the eye,’ Pia added.
‘I kept saying, ”I have to keep an eye on everyone.” But I was just being paranoid.’
The star’s struggle to adjust back to normal life was so immense that she was unable to use an inside toilet at first, instead choosing to go outside behind a tree.
The actress previously opened up to news.com.au about how strange it was leaving the island.
‘Even looking out of a window is overwhelming. The first time I heard a song I burst into tears.’
Pia recently faced heavy backlash from fans after she was accused of cheating on one of the show’s challenges.
The contestants were challenged to hang onto a bar for 90 minutes, first with both hands, then with two. In the final moments, Simon slipped off taking himself out of the challenge and soon after Luke did the same. However, in-between Simon and Luke bowing out of the challenge, eagle-eyed viewers spotted Pia appearing to grip the bar with both hands.
Taking to Instagram, Pia – who recently opened up about the shock medical condition she was diagnosed with during filming – attempted to clear up the controversy.
“In regards to the edit showing me apparently changing arms,” she wrote, “I was changing them throughout the challenge when it was 2 arms to give each one a rest. I can only assume vision came from that period of the challenge.”
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