Deepika Padukone remembers the battle of depression: at one point, I didn’t want to live
Actor Deepika Padukone recalled her fight with depression in a special episode on Pariksha. During the show, the actor discussed how mental health stigma was in Indian society.
Actor Deepika Padukone, who made the champion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment to mental health awareness through his initiative Pariksha Pay CharchaTalked about his fight with depression. Padukone, who has been a lawyer for mental health awareness through his Live Love Laugh Foundation, launched a special episode on 12 February and recalled his mental illness phase and how he finished it.
During the episode, the actor also mentioned how she feels suicidal Many times and wanted to end his life. Talking about the same, the actor said, “I made an infection from school to play, then modeling and eventually acting. I was pushing myself until then, in 2014, I suddenly fainted. It was only later that I realized that I was struggling with depression. The thing about depression is that it is invisible – you cannot always see it. People around us can struggle with anxiety or depression, yet we can never know because, on the outside, they look happy and normal. ,
Deepika credited her mother Ujjala Padukone to understand the signs and to help her during the time that society considered mental health a stigma.
“For the longest time, I did not share it with anyone because I lived alone in Mumbai. When my mother came to see me in Mumbai and the day she was leaving for Bangalore, I suddenly broke. My family asked me all kinds of questions about their work, but what I could say was, “I don’t know.” I just feel helpless and disappointing. I am living (I don’t want to live). ‘Thankfully, my mother recognized the signals and suggested that I look at a psychologist. In our country, mental health carries a stigma, which makes it difficult to talk. As soon as I started talking about mental illness, it felt light. Om Shanti Om actor said that anxiety, stress and depression can affect anyone, and speaking about it really reduces the burden.
Other than this, Actor also interacted with students And suggested them about ways to fight mental illness.
The Ministry of Education says that PPC 2025 has broken all previous records for participation, as more than 5 crore students have shown interest in the program, which gives more importance in addressing the concerns of students across the country.
