Stylish Rachel: Rachel McCord wore a slightly matching silver dress that had no black elements, capping off her outfit with a pair of nude heelsThe McCord sisters were both born in Atlanta, the daughter of a pastor who was home-schooled and graduated from high school when she was just 15.She began her modeling career shortly thereafter, signing with Wilhemina Models, where she appeared in campaigns for Estee Lauder and Marc Ecko.She transitioned to acting, appearing in The Middle of Nowhere in 2002 and The Transporter 2 in 2005.
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Best known by her portrayal of privileged socialite Naomi Clark on the CW reboot, 90210, AnnaLynne McCord effortlessly transitioned from multi-talented Hollywood heavyweight to global activist raising awareness and leading the fight against human trafficking.
Hollywood actress AnnaLynne McCord has revealed she spent years of her childhood being sexually abused.The 32-year-old, who is best known for starring in The CW's teen drama 90210, made the painful admission to on Thursday, saying she only uncovered repressed memories of the abuse last year.' I remembered - and my whole life changed,' McCord told the publication, explaining that the revelation came during a therapy session.The actress, who hails from Georgia and grew up in a trailer park, began seeing her therapist to integrate her mind and body after suffering from suicidal thoughts and 'bad sexual experiences'.During one of the sessions, McCord underwent an experimental stress-relief treatment known as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EDMR).
In a candid new interview with Us Weekly, Hollywood actress AnnaLynne McCord revealed she spent years of her childhood being sexually abused. She is pictured earlier this monthEDMR, which has been practiced since the 1990s, is a psychotherapy treatment designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories.McCord says that she managed to conjure a fragmented memory during the treatment, and worked with her therapist to piece together the puzzle of her past.'
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It was this frozen image in my mind,' she told Us Weekly. 'I'm being slammed in the face with blackness. My clothes are down, it's not good.The star kept seeing the image over and over in her mind, and she eventually realized that she was seeing herself being sexually abused.' It went on for years, up until I was 11,' McCord candidly stated.
McCord (far left) is best known for starring on 90210 from 2008 until 2013. She is pictured with the cast in 2008She wrote in the essay: 'One night, a guy friend called. He said he needed a good night's sleep for a meeting, as he'd been crashing on someone's couch. I had known him for some time, so I said to come over and I set him up with a clean towel.
We sat on the bed and talked for a while, then I fell asleep.' When I woke up, he was inside me.' McCord continued: 'At first, I felt so disoriented and numb, I closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep. I wondered if I had done something to give him the wrong idea.
I felt afraid of making him angry'.The actress candidly wrote that she 'began to go dark' in the months after the assault as she struggled to process what had happened and failed to deal with her sense of shame around sex.' I had pills and water in hand and thought seriously about killing myself. I didn't fear death — it felt like a solution. When you're in that mode, you don't think suicide is a selfish thing to do.
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You think you're doing everyone a favor,' she wrote.
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