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Article: X-Files star Gillian treated for X-rated nightmares
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 21, 1998
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RED-headed X-Files star Gillian Anderson is so haunted by the
creepy scenes in the sci-fi series that she is having treatment from
a psychiatrist.
The 29-year-old star realised she needed help when she found she
could only watch the show in daylight with lots of people round her.
Sometimes she wakes up from nightmares, screaming in terror and
her worst dream features a madman out to kill her.
She told a friend: "This disgusting, mutant, serial killer comes
to me in a dream and slashes at me with a machete.
"I wake up screaming, putting my hands up to deflect the blows.
I'm covered in gore. Then I sit up, realising that it is just ...