Jana Kramer Opens Up About Triggering Experience on 'Gaslit By My Husband' | Emotional Journey

shooting this movie was it triggering for you cuz I think you said that your therapist was like maybe you shouldn't do this right she was so I walked in very concerned because I've thought I dealt with everything um and I was like I don't even know can I even bring back that emotion do I want to bring back that emotion um and she had said you're not doing this for yourself and I was like well okay she's like you're doing this for everyone that needs to see this movie and that clicked inside of me like okay you're right like I'm going to tell the story and but it was hard I mean we had a moment on um on set where we had to cut because it was it got too I got had a complete panic attack cuz Austin was on top of me I couldn't breathe and that just triggered me but right back to my uh abuse situation sure were you able to kind of turn it off when you went home like or did it kind of stay with you for so I had I did have to call my therapist because there was a few times where I was like I I was triggered waking up having feeling my arms bruised again because you know Austin didn't mean to bruise me or hurt me but I'm like when we're in the scene I'm like go for it you know what I mean but waking up and it's like there was moments going wait why do I have bruise marks on my arms and it's like no no no no like this is that's the past this is you're playing this part and um but I did have to kind of remind myself what was where I was at in the reality I think you said that like for so long that you dealt with a lot of Shame after you were in your domestic violence relationship how do you feel about it now looking at it um sorry no I don't no no no no I think it's just um and you should um there's so much strength in it um that the shame piece always makes me it's I feel this is going to sound weird but like I feel um sad for the girls trapped in that um I feel sad for the version of myself that I was that that I would accept someone to put their hands on me or um that's and I wouldn't say it's so much shame anymore I just feel sad like I I still like you know there'll be some women that reach out to me on DMS and I'm like you know he didn't mean to I'm like it doesn't matter if he meant to put his hands on you like he should never put his hands on you you know and it's like but I I can only say so much and it's like until you believe that you deserve better and that you don't deserve that um you know that's why you just have to that's why I love that lifetime is doing the stop violence against women is opening conversations is the you know to to give them voices to know wait no that's not all right um and so yeah I mean now I I that's why want to continue to do things like this m Morgan and I are talking how can we further this on is there a foundation we can open to help women so it's to to keep that conversation and to be able to shed light on what is wrong versus what's right yeah but think of how many people that you are helping even not even with this but even with your podcast just talking about it because so many people like you said probably feel that shame and don't want to be open and honest about it and now that they can relate to you and you're their safe space as well so I think the hard part with like the gaslighting part of it is we're made to feel like it's our fault we're made to feel crazy and that it's and I think that's what I love about this movie is like it truly takes and walks you through like how just you literally think you're going crazy and I'm like domestic violence can shatter lives it affects millions of people including myself you deserve to live a life free from shame fear and abuse if you or someone you know needs help please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 8007 99 safe please join me and lifetime in overcoming domestic violence to access resources visit mylifetime.com stop violence against women