Dunham was diagnosed with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) as a child, and continued to take a low dose of an anxiolytic (Klonopin) to relieve her anxiety until 2018.[163][164] In 2018 Dunham entered rehab for an addiction to benzodiazepines.[165] In April 2020, she celebrated two years of sobriety.[166][167][168]
In February 2018, Dunham wrote an essay for Vogue about her decision to have a hysterectomy due to endometriosis.[169]
In 2019, Dunham revealed that she has Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS).[170]
In July 2020, Dunham reported on Instagram her experience with COVID-19 because she observed people were not taking social distancing seriously. Though she was not hospitalized, she did have "severe symptoms for three weeks".[171]
Dunham supports gun control,[176] immigrant rights,[177] and LGBT rights.[178]
In fall of 2012, Dunham appeared in a video advertisement promoting President Barack Obama's re-election, delivering a monologue, which, according to a blog quoted in The Atlantic, tried to "get the youth vote by comparing voting for the first time to having sex for the first time".[179] Fox News reported criticism from conservatives such as Media Research Center's Lauren Thompson, public relations professional Ronn Torossian, and media trainer Louise Pennell, who labeled the advertisement as tasteless, inappropriate, and a ploy to lure the younger female vote.[180] It included a comment from Steve Hall of Ad Rants saying that "not everyone was so offended." A friend of Dunham said the actress was not paid for her performance on the spot, and Dunham defended the ad by tweeting "The video may be light but the message is serious: vote for women's rights." In The Nation, Ari Melber wrote "the ad's style is vintage Lena: edgy and informed, controversial but achingly self-aware, sexually proud and affirmatively feminist."[181]
In 2014, Dunham was named the Recipient of Horizon Award 2014 by Point Foundation for her support of the gay community.[182]
In April 2016, she wrote in support of Hillary Clinton, pledging to move to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, if Donald Trump won the election.[183][184] Dunham rebuked Trump for the Access Hollywood tape.[185] After Trump's win, Dunham wrote she will not be moving to Canada, saying, "I can survive staying in this country, MY country, to fight and love and use my embarrassment of blessings to do what's right."[186]
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