Taylor Frankie Paul is opening up about how she's dealing with mental health struggles following the scandals that led to her season of The Bachelorette being canceled.
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Taylor Frankie Paul Opens Up About Mental Health
Taylor Frankie Paul is opening up about how she's dealing with mental health struggles following the domestic violence scandals that led to her season of The Ba...
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Paul, 31, opened up in a series of social media posts on Instagram Sunday alluding to , accompanied by photos.
Paul that she has battled post traumatic stress disorder since 2024, and feels her condition might be changing amid recent stressors she has experienced.
'I was diagnosed with PTSD about two years ago, which I assume is now [Complex post-traumatic stress disorder],' the Colorado-born star said.
Paul was seen attacking her ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen, 33, with her minor daughter present in a 2023 clip TMZ posted on March 19. The jarring video led ABC to abruptly cancel Paul's season on the verge of its premiere.
Daily Mail has reached out to a representative for Paul for further comment on the story.
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Taylor Frankie Paul, 31, is talking about her struggles following the domestic violence scandals that led to her season of The Bachelorette being canceled. Pictured in March 2026 in LA
Paul was seen in a montage of images she included in an Instagram post Sunday
Paul, who said that the diagnoses came from 'more than one therapist,' also posted a series of selfies she took during a time she said she was struggling.
Paul posted a series of selfies she took during a time she said she was struggling
She shared a selfie from a time when she said she was dealing with dissociation and anxiety
Paul pointed toward a numerology signal she previously sniffed out, adding that she feels she will survive based on indicators she is covered for, spiritually.
ABC abruptly canceled Paul's season of The Bachelorette last month before its premiere
Paul emerged on TikTok and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives prior to ABC picking her to be The Bachelorette
After the clip of Paul surfaced on TMZ, Disney Entertainment Television said at the time, 'In light of the newly released video just surfaced today, we have made the decision to not move forward with the new season of at this time, and our focus is on supporting the family.'
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Paul is mother to three children: daughter Indy, eight, and son Ocean, five, with ex-husband Tate Paul; and son Ever, two, with ex-boyfriend Mortensen.
Body camera footage pulled from Paul's 2023 arrest showed Mortensen trying to persuade police to take him to jail instead of her.
In the clip, which was published March 23 by TMZ, Paul and Mortensen were bickering as police knocked on the front door.
Police separated the two as an aggressive Paul tried to pour herself a water and began crying.
Mortensen told responding officers that Paul was 'not doing OK' while giving them a glimpse into the violence he alleged he suffered at her hands.
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Paul seen amid the infamous February 17, 2023 confrontation that led to her season of The Bachelorette being scuttled
'I can't even tell you the stuff that's happened to me,' Mortensen said, showing off injuries he claimed came from Paul.
At that point, Paul re-emerged, and told Mortensen to leave immediately.
After Paul was arrested, Mortensen asked police officers if he could go to jail instead of her, saying that he just wanted her 'to get help.'
Paul in August of 2023 entered a plea of guilty to aggravated assault in connection with the February 2023 incident. Four other charges were dropped as part of the deal, and probation she's been on since then is slated to conclude in August of 2026.
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