“Compulsive disorders”: Sharon Stone talks about the still heavy after-effects of her ruptured aneurysm, 25 years later

A true miracle. In 2001, Sharon Stone, who won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for her role in the feature film Casino by Martin Scorsese five years earlier, suffered a stroke. Unconscious for nine days, the actress, aged 43 at the time, then came close to death.

If she recovered from it, she suffered serious after-effects, as she explains in an interview given to our colleagues at Gala.

Sharon Stone faces physical and mental difficulties

In this interview published in the new issue of Gala released on newsstands this Thursday, June 4, 2026, Sharon Stone returned to the consequences of her stroke. “Since my aneurysm rupture, I am prone to seizure disorders and migrainesshe explained. Stress is an aggravating factor. I have to be careful. All the time. For life.”

The actress then pointed the finger at people who “ignore or tend to forget invisible disabilities.” “I regret this lack of consideration. Look at the way people with disabilities are treatedhow we talk to them… As if their condition was contagious! It’s cruel.”

In an interview given to the site People in 2023, Sharon Stone explained that these after-effects had consequences on her professional career. “So I am a disabled person and, for this reason, I’m not often hired for films anymore. These are things I’ve been dealing with for 22 years, and I say it openly today.”

Sharon Stone’s new lifestyle

In a previous interview given to our colleagues from Gala in August 2025, Sharon Stone confided that she had changed her lifestyle since her stroke. “I now favored a healthier and more balanced approach to my diet,” she explained. I avoid alcohol and processed foodsalthough I admit that chips can sometimes tempt me. In addition to physical exercises, I also and above all take care of my face.”

In another interview given to Hollywood Reporter in July 2024, the actress also revealed having lost a significant sum of money following this episode. “I had saved 18 million dollars thanks to my success, but when I returned to my bank account, everything had disappeared. My refrigerator, my phone… Everything was in other people’s names. I had no more money.”

And to continue: “I decided to stay present and let go […] not to cling to illness, bitterness or anger. If you bite into the seed of bitterness, it will never leave you. But if you keep the faith, even if that faith is the size of a mustard seed, you will survive.”