Deepika Padukone has been extremely vocal about her depression. The actress has always spoken about her trauma and depression in dept with her fans and audience. Recently the actress hosted a clubhouse session where she recounted on her experiences when she was suffering from depression and how mother Ujala Padukone realised that this breakdown of Deepika isn’t a boyfriend issue or something about her work, it was something different.
As quoted by Times Of India, the actress said, “It basically started in February 2014…I felt empty, directionless and it just felt life had no meaning or purpose. I couldn’t feel anything physically or emotionally. I just felt this void… I felt this for days, weeks and months until one day my family was here and they were going back home and when they were packing their bags, I was sitting in their room and suddenly broke down. That’s when my mother realised for the first time that something was different. My cry was different. It wasn’t the usual boyfriend issue or stress at work. She kept asking me if it was this or that. I couldn’t pinpoint one specific reason. It was her experience and presence of mind that she encouraged me to seek help.”
Lastly, she said, “I keep saying that there’s not a day that goes by without me thinking about my mental health. To ensure I don’t go back into that space, it’s very important for me to focus on the quality of my sleep, nutrition, hydration, exercise, how I process stress and my thoughts and mindfulness. These are the things I have to do on a daily basis not because they are fancy words or it’s cool to do this but I won’t be able to survive if I don’t do all these things.”
