Back in 2012, Mayim Bialik was nominated for her first Emmy for her success in “The Big Bang Theory” — and was also involved in a pretty serious car crash that left one of her hands badly injured. In an interview with Vanity Fair, she treated the incident with relative levity, talking about jokes she made with her publicist and voicing her gratitude for the love she received from both friends and fans. She didn’t go into much further detail about it at the time, saying, “It’s also important to me to keep some of my recovery private as well.”
In her talks with Kara Mayer Robinson eight years after the fact, she spoke in further detail about the longer-term effects of that accident. “After that, a tremendous amount of, literally, trauma stuff surfaced,” she explained. “I became sound sensitive, I became touch [sensitive], and I was like, ‘What is happening?'” A bunch of physical sensations — sounds, lights, and the like — suddenly became highly amplified for her, and she couldn’t understand why, as it was something she’d never had to deal with in the past.
All that said, though, she spoke about her experiences openly and also mentioned that it’s something she now shares with her son. Both of them are sensitive to physical sensations, and they help each other out. For example, they cover each others’ ears when a fire truck passes by.
