Nina Dobrev Gives Insight on Getting Knee Surgery

Nina Dobrev gave an Instagram update on how he's recovering from the knee injury he suffered in May – noting that he's finally able to walk without crutches.

I Vampire Diaries the actress, 35, “broke” her knee when she fell off her motorcycle, tearing her ACL and meniscus and breaking part of her knee joint. Dobrev said the recovery process was “horrendous,” but added that it forced her to slow down and let her family and friends help her.

“I won't sugarcoat it. Sometimes the universe sends you a message that you really don't want to hear. In my case, the universe wasn't asking … it was telling me to slow down,” he wrote on Sunday July 28.

“This has been a very difficult time. Being so immobile and dependent on others was not easy. Asking for help is even harder, but I had no choice. My community of friends has shown me in such a positive way.”

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Dobrev said her injury and long recovery forced her to be afraid to ask for help.

“I had a lot of anxiety when I got injured, because I didn't want to 'bother' people or cause trouble. I've been really struggling with these words in my head that keep saying 'burden.' I have a job to do in medicine,” he said. “I am learning that the community is important. We cannot do everything alone.”

Although Dobrev is up and walking — and recently attended her first event since the accident, the premiere of her movie A reunion — notes that he is still far from full power.

“My body has been standing still for a long time, it is finally moving again [to] slowly starting to put pressure on my leg changed my mindset a lot. “I try to be kind to myself, remind myself that this is temporary and it will get better,” she wrote. “Ever since I started walking slowly I have been feeling hopeful, I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

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Earlier this month, Dobrev stepped out with her co-star and former Olympian Shaun White at a pre-Olympics event in Paris. White, a Winter Olympian for years, was told in particular Us Weekly in May that he was looking forward to the full atmosphere of international competitions, even as a spectator.

“The tension at the Olympics is like you can feel it. It's this kind of dense air,” said White. “When you walk into any of the arenas where they compete, you feel that pressure and excitement.”