Bollywood star Deepika Padukone shares how she coped with depression during a 'professional high'

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Bollywood star Deepika Padukone has spoken out about her battle with depression, calling for greater public discussion to help tackle the mental health crisis. (via CNBCMakeIt)

. "But what I was also experiencing was this hollow, empty, pittish feeling ... I would just cry out of nowhere."The 34-year-old celebrity, who has over 30 movies to her name, said she considered herself lucky that her mother had spotted her symptoms and urged her to seek medical help.

Indian actress Deepika Padukone delivers her acceptance speech during the "Crystal Award" ceremony at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, on January 20, 2020.However, she noted that stigma and lack of awareness surrounding mental illness can make it difficult for sufferers to reach out. In India alone, an estimated 7.

Learning to understand what she was experiencing was the first step to recovery, Padukone said. She encouraged potential sufferers and the people around them to look out for telltale signs of depression, such as prolonged feelings of sadness, sleeping and eating irregularities, as well as suicidal thoughts.

"The toughest part in the journey for me was not understanding what I was feeling," said Padukone. "Just having the diagnoses in itself felt like a massive relief." Padukone was speaking at the WEF meeting — a gathering of global business leaders and policymakers — where she was honored with theIn 2018, she was named as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of the year.

 

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MakeIt Who?

MakeIt She might want to wait until the Covid 19 threat has subsided.

MakeIt Medicare4All would likely help the people that struggle with this the most.

MakeIt she herself has an issue,not sure how this gonna playout

MakeIt Why is this even a news ? There are so many ppl struggling with all kinds of issues. Who gives a fuck about dp's depression ?

MakeIt She should attend a Trump rally...

MakeIt Bollywood?

MakeIt Who cares!! It’s always the gorgeous entitled privileged women that are depressed. It’s the homeless orphan on the street of Calcutta that should be depressed and needs the most help and attention.

MakeIt She is an actor...

MakeIt Why the hell she was depressed? Dumped by multiple BF and Lovers deepikapadukone

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