United Kingdom, Aug. 4 -- Lindsay Lohan has "PTSD to the extreme" after being photographed constantly when she was younger.

The Mean Girls star now lives in Dubai - where there are strict laws prohibiting photography without permission - and she's happy she's stay out of the spotlight with her son Luai, two, and her husband Bader Shammas.

She told The Times newspaper: "I don't ever want my family to experience being chased by the paparazzi the way I was.

"They were terrifying moments I had in my life - I have PTSD to the extreme from those things. The most invasive situations. Really scary. And I pray stuff like that never comes back. It's not safe. It's not fair."

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