Sarah Hyland says she’s still ‘triggered’ by past abusive relationship after ex Matt Prokop’s arrest for assault

Sarah Hyland admits she still gets “triggered” by a past abusive relationship.

The “Modern Family” prima spoke pinch Variety astir being a subsister of home unit and nan PTSD she often suffers from arsenic a result. The question and reply comes a fewer months after her ex Matt Prokop — whom she antecedently was granted a restraining bid against — was arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend.

“[The PTSD stays] successful that abused spot of your soul, wherever you deliberation it’s your responsibility nan full clip and you could person done better, you could person gotten retired sooner, you could person told people,” she told nan outlet.

Hyland, 33, explained that she understands why truthful galore survivors do “not wanna talk astir it anymore” and want nan full acquisition to “be done.”

“I wholly understand nan dissociation shape of it,” she continued. “I americium very overmuch blameworthy astir it myself… until thing happens wherever I’m triggered, and I didn’t recognize that portion of myself had been healed.”

Hyland admitted that she whitethorn ne'er “be afloat healed” from her abuse.

“It’s thing that benignant of scars her psyche a small bit,” she shared. “It’s much truthful putting emotion towards that scar alternatively of hating it and ignoring it.”

The erstwhile “Love Island USA” big –– who has been joined to “Bachelor” alum Wells Adams since 2022 –– has since spoken retired astir her maltreatment and encourages others to stock their stories, arsenic well.

“The organization hasn’t shared enough, I believe. And I consciousness that if we talk astir it more, much women — and men and conscionable quality beings successful wide successful abusive relationships — will consciousness much comfortable to beryllium capable to talk astir it pinch their loved ones,” she told Variety. “Instead of letting their abuser isolate them from everyone, which is nan first point that they do, truthful that you don’t person that community. So we person to support talking astir it.”

Hyland’s abusive narration pinch Prokop was made nationalist successful September 2014 erstwhile she was granted a restraining bid against him.

Hyland alleged that her “Geek Charming” co-star had verbally and physically abused her during their five-year narration and accused him of choking her and threatening her and her dog’s life.

“His grip was truthful tight that I could not respire aliases speak. I was frightened and successful fearfulness for my life,” she recalled successful nan filing astatine nan time.

Nearly 10 years aft he was ordered to enactment distant from Hyland, Prokop was arrested for allegedly assaulting his woman successful May successful Texas.

Prokop’s woman allegedly called constabulary and claimed that he allegedly pushed her and slammed her caput into something.

If you aliases personification you cognize is affected by immoderate of nan issues raised successful this story, telephone nan National Domestic Violence Hotline astatine 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) aliases matter START to 88788.