Gabrielle Union has been very open about her experience with sexual assault, detailing the moment she was raped at gunpoint in her early 20s in 2017 book, We’re Going to Need More Wine.

During her recent book tour, the actress listened to countless stories from fellow sexual assault victims, saying that while there is comfort in shared experiences, hearing so many women speak on the matter “triggered” PTSD from her own assault.

“On my book tour, a lot of cities felt like a revival — there were so many disclosures of abuse during the Q&A portion of talks and during the book signing; even as I was driving away people were flagging down my car in tears,” she says in her March Redbook cover interview. “I didn’t realize how big the need was for so many people to just get it out, to have someone look them in the eye and say, ‘I believe you.’ I cried a lot.”

She added, “I Skyped a lot with my therapist, because the horrors that I was taking in triggered my own PTSD. But I feel a responsibility to offer that sense of safety and support,” she shares. “And luckily I have the means to help myself at the end of the night.”