Kim Kardashian has opened up about the impact a 2016 Paris robbery had on her mental health . The reality star, 43, lost $10m worth of jewellery in the heist, during which she was bound, gagged and held at gunpoint by the group of burglars. Kardashian said she now worries she suppresses all her emotions because remaining calm during the terrifying incident helped to keep her safe.
Speaking to her sister Khloé on the latest episode of The Kardashians , Kardashian explained how her therapist had explained the underlying cause for her muted demeanour. “She was like, ‘You think calm is your superpower. I think you are so desensitised from trauma that you literally are frozen in fight or flight,’” she said.
“So then she was like, ‘One time in life, something happened, and you remained calm and that worked for you, so you will always choose calm,’” Kardashian added. Khloé immediately suggested the catalyst for Kardashian’s calm approach to life: “Don’t you think your robbery?” she asked her sister. “You weren’t calm before.
Kim, you were a lunatic.” She added: “You were never calm as a teenager, in your twenties, you cried about everything, you were bratty, you threw tantrums. Everything stopped after you got robbed.
Because you stayed calm in that situation, and you even said, ‘My calmness is what kept me alive.’" Speaking in a confessional video after the chat with Khloé, Kardashian reflected: “I mean, imagine you’re like gun to your .