Share, Speak and Be Yourself: Some Overcoming Facts on Depression by Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone went to Delhi to release a survey titled ‘How India perceives mental health’ which has been published by the Live Love Laugh Foundation (TLLLF), which was founded by Deepika in 2015 to know the facts causing mental health and action towards depression.

Deepika had shared her phase of depression and ask the people with mental illness to share without any fear. According to Deepika, she never regrets for sharing the feeling when she was suffering from depression in 2015 and said she never thought what people will be thinking about her and either she will get an offer or not.

According to (TLLLF), 40% people term this as “retard” while another 60% believe people with mental illness should have their own groups to avoid contaminating healthy people.

She continued with the facts about those people who have experienced it, should share their journey. The people who have the power to influence other’s lives in a positive way should come out and speak. Depressed people need love, care and most importantly the support of their family. Also, bring this to everyone, she said- these people are not limited to Bollywood but are everywhere in the world.

Deepika wanted the benefits should not be limited to Bollywood but to every common man as well. Explaining about her tough period, she added “thought if I could save even one life by sharing my story, everything I set out to do would make sense. And today, when I see the kind of impact we’ve had in the lives of thousands of people, it is very gratifying”. She asked for the need which has to focus on encouraging and motivating the people with mental illness.