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'Ant Man' star Evangeline Lilly reveals she has brain damage after suffering a concussion last year

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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<p><em>Ant Man</em> star Evangeline Lilly revealed that she has been diagnosed with brain damage following a traumatic brain injury last year.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m entering into this new year, the Year of the Horse, with some bad news about my concussion. A lot of you asked how I’m doing. A lot of you have inquired about the brain scans that you heard I got. And the results came back from the scans,&quot; she said in a video posted on her Instagram page.</p><p>The actress then revealed: &quot;Almost every area in my brain is functioning at a decreased capacity. So I do have brain damage from the TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) and possibly other factors going on.”</p><p>Evangeline then shared the next steps she will be taking to address the health predicament. &quot;Now my job is to get to the bottom of that with doctors and then embark on the hard work of fixing it, which I don’t look forward to because I feel like hard work is all I do. But that’s okay. My cognitive decline since I smashed my face open has helped me to slow down and helped me to have a more restful finish to my 2025,&quot; she remarked.</p><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-7" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTAUGiBDbAd/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=620&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A7%2C%22os%22%3A23777775.80000019%2C%22ls%22%3A435352.09999990463%2C%22le%22%3A435842.80000019073%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1040" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-7" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>Following her revelation, fans flooded social media with messages of support and encouragement.</p><p>&quot;I’m so sorry to hear this. Wishing you all the best and sending you huge amount of love,&quot; one fan commented.</p><p>&quot;Love you @evangelinelillyofficial. Stay strong. You are a warrior and a fighter,&quot; another fan wrote.</p><p>The Marvel star sustained a concussion in May 2025 after losing consciousness while at the beach and striking her face against a boulder.</p><p>&quot;I fainted at the beach. And fell face first into a boulder,&quot; she posted on Substack in May. &quot;At the hospital, the nurses and doctor went straight into action, more determined to find the cause of my blackout than to stitch up the hole punctured into my face by the rock. I smiled wryly at them. ‘You won’t find anything.’ I said with a woozy voice.&quot;</p><p>Evangeline also shared that fainting episodes have been part of her life since childhood and doctors later attributed her symptoms to hypoglycemia or low blood sugar.</p><p>&quot;For a good chunk of my life, I went with that – hypoglycemia. It added up – my metabolism is through the roof and I metabolize sugars, particularly, with shocking efficiency. But, as I got older, and other health issues started to enter the picture, my doctor started doing a LOT of blood work. What was interesting was how, even after a 12-hour fast, even after blacking out, my glucose levels never came back as low. Hypoglycemia, it seemed, was being ruled out,&quot; she relayed.</p>

<p>Evangeline Lilly sustained a concussion in May 2025 after losing consciousness while at the beach and striking her face against a boulder.</p>

Evangeline Lilly sustained a concussion in May 2025 after losing consciousness while at the beach and striking her face against a boulder.