Deepika Padukone: Ways in which the star encouraged good mental health

Deepika Pukone is one of most bankable and influential actors of Bollywood today. 33-year-old actor is a global icon and kws impact she has on audience. She has been very vocal about fact that she is a Depression Survivor.  She h started a campaign, nearly four years ago to create awareness about mental health issues.

Deepika's take on good mental health

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Deepika, in 2015, revealed that she was diagsed with clinical depression in 2014. Her foundation Live, Love, Laugh t only spoke about her struggle through rough phase of her life but also encourd people to talk about ir mental health problems. To furr allow people to talk about ir mental health issues, her foundation has started a Lecture series. actor along with her parents and her golfer sister Anisha was in Delhi to promote event.

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Talking about organisation, she said that last four years have been incredible as everyone has come a long way when it comes to opening about mental health. She ded that four years ago, re was a lot of stigma attached to topic of mental health, however, it has changed today. About lecture series, she said that re will be people from different walks of life and different parts of world who are passionate about mental health. She said that series will include ir personal experience, ir journey and that’s how conversation will go ahe. Deepika Pukone also emphasized role of media in opening conversation about stigma attached to mental health issues. She said that conversations are coming in through various means, be it write-ups, interviews, or articles.

About a year ago, Deepika took to her social media to explain importance of mental health. In a video posted by Ram Leela actor, she said that about 90% of people who are diagsed with depression in India do t seek help. She went on to say that depression is like any or illness that requires intervention. She furr urged people who have suffered through a mental health issue to share ir story.

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Deepika was also a part of a fundraising event held for Youth Anxiety Center. guest list of event also included model, Kendall Jenner. Deepika while speaking to crowd said that it can be very easy to be deceived by appearances. She also ded that her own experience dealing with depression was such, where she was bringing joy to or people's lives when she h ne in her own life. She also said that she put on a front each day, while everything was very different in reality.

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