Celina Jaitly opens up about trauma amid divorce from Peter Haag, being away from 3 kids: ‘Broke me, stole parts of me’

Celina Jaitly posted a video of herself playing with her sons and wrote about how much she misses them. She also spoke about the trauma she endured.

Actor Celina Jaitly has been through an ordeal in her personal life lately. Amidst her divorce and alleged domestic abuse case against her husband, Peter Haag, separation from her three children, and her brother being detained in the UAE, she has been vocal about it on her social media. In a recent post, she wrote about how her trauma didn’t shape her strength.

Celina Jaitly missing her kids

Celina posted an old video of her playing with her children. The text on it reads: “I never thought broken pieces could be shattered until I saw my heart. Miss you my 3 sons .. I wait for divine intervention to have you 3 back again in my life!”

In her caption, the actor described everything she has been through, writing, “The strongest people are usually the ones who are still breaking. People call me strong. But pain & trauma did not make me strong. They broke me, over & over again, until I had no choice but to learn how to heal myself. Then, just when I think I have found my footing, the wound begins to bleed again.”

“The memories come flooding back. The heart aches until it feels as though it will break all over again. So I pause. I step away from the noise. I gently dissociate from the pain, not to escape it, but to survive it. I gather the scattered pieces of myself, breathe through the storm, & begin healing once more,” further wrote Celina.

Says trauma didn’t make her stronger

Celina also stated that people often tell her that her trauma has made her stronger, and she stays quiet. Stating that it isn’t the truth, she added, “Trauma did not build me. It broke me. It stole parts of me, left scars no one can see, & made me grieve versions of myself that I can never fully get back. The strength people admire was never born from the pain. It came from me.”

She summed it up with, “From choosing, every single time, to survive what was trying to erase me. Perhaps the strongest people are not the ones who never break. They are the ones who keep choosing to heal, even while they are still breaking.”

Celina Jaitly’s life and career

Celina last starred in the 2011 films Thank You and Shrimathi. She married Austrian national Peter Haag, and their twins were born in 2012. She gave birth to a second set of twins in 2017, but one of them died due to a health issue. In 2025, the actor filed a case under the Domestic Violence Act in a Mumbai court, alleging domestic violence from her husband. Earlier this month, the actor announced her comeback to films with Sister Nibedita.