Deepika Padukone, who will now be seen as an acid-attack survivor in Chhapaak, has shared some difficult insights regarding her fight with depression. The actor wrote in a New York Times blog post about how the kindest thing she had accomplished for herself was to acknowledge her condition.
Opening up about her Clinical depression, Deepika wrote in the blog, "I started Experiencing symptoms in 2014. It was mid-February, and I had fainted after a long day of work. The next morning, I woke up with an empty feeling in my stomach and the urge to cry."
Reviewing the time she was on the peak of her profession and dating Ranveer Singh, she proceeded to include, "On paper, that should have been a great period in my life — I had just starred in four of my most memorable movies, my family was extremely supportive and I was dating the man who would later become my husband. I had no reason to feel the way I did. But I did."
Deepika uncovered that all she needed to do was rest as she didn't need to manage reality while being sleeping. "I was exhausted and sad all the time. If someone played a happy song to cheer me up, it only made me feel worse. Waking up every day felt like a huge endeavor," she said.
The actor has uncovered that it was the point at which her parents visited her in Mumbai that her mom advised her to look for proficient assistance. She stated, "For the duration of their stay I put on a brave face. But as they packed their bags before heading to the airport, I broke down in tears. My mother looked at me and asked, 'What's wrong?' But I had no answer. She asked me if I was having issues at work. She asked if my partner and I were doing O.K. All I could do was shake my head. After taking a moment to herself, she said, 'Deepika, I think you need professional help.'"
Deepika was most recently seen in the 2018 film Padmaavat, likewise featuring Ranveer. The two will presently be seen as cricketer Kapil Dev and his better half Romi Dev in Kabir Khan's '83. The two recently celebrated their first wedding anniversary and visited the Golden Temple and Tirupati temple on the occasion.
