‘Badass’ Salman Rushdie says he doesn’t have PTSD symptoms after 2022 attack

<p>Author was injured in multiple places and lost use of his right eye after assassination attempt during a lecture</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/salmanrushdie">Salman Rushdie</a> says he has been free of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder despite almost dying from being stabbed during an attempted assassination in 2022, prompting his therapist to humorously conclude that it’s because the famed novelist is a “badass”.</p><p>Rushdie shared the lighthearted anecdote during an <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/salman-rushdie-on-the-eleventh-hour-and-free-speech/">interview</a> aired Sunday morning by CBS News in which he discussed his new fictional story collection titled The Eleventh Hour – while also revisiting the attack at a literary gathering in western New York state that left him blind in his right eye.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/03/salman-rushdie-ptsd-symptoms-stabbing">Continue reading...</a>