![Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone has always been an avid advocate for mental health. Drawing narratives from her own experiences of depression, Deepika Padukone has often shared her ordeal with mental health.
Photo: DEEPIKA PADUKONE/INSTAGRAM
In a recent interview with Allure, she shared, “Speaking out about my experience with mental illness and standing up for what I believe in, I think all of that happened around the same time. I remember just waking up feeling completely unmotivated, directionless…I didn’t want to face the world,” she said. “Life just felt meaningless.”
Deepika Padukone’s wellness journey
Photo: DEEPIKA PADUKONE/INSTAGRAM
Deepika Padukone’s wellness journey had been turbulent; but she has come out stronger, with the right people by her side. But it has been a bumpy ride. She recalled breaking down in front of her mother. “I had this blockbuster year and everything was going perfectly well. I was in this relationship [with the person] who I’m married to now. And everything was perfect. Like, how could life be any better? I think that’s probably how it seemed to everyone around me, including myself,” the actor shared.
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“I struggled and I suffered for many months because I didn’t know anyone who had been through something like this,” she added. “I felt like if I shared my experience and even just one person was like, ‘I identify with these symptoms,’ then my purpose would be served.”
And that’s just the start of what Deepika Padukone hopes to accomplish. “I think that focusing on the importance of mental health is what my calling is. It’s work that I will continue to do. And hopefully the foundation will survive even beyond me.”
The actor, though just 36, has been thinking about her legacy a lot lately. “You reach a stage in your life where you wake up thinking, What is it that I want to be remembered for? And what is it that I want to leave behind?”
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Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone has always been an avid advocate for mental health. Drawing narratives from her own experiences of depression, Deepika Padukone has often shared her ordeal with mental health.
Photo: DEEPIKA PADUKONE/INSTAGRAMIn a recent interview with Allure, she shared, “Speaking out about my experience with mental illness and standing up for what I believe in, I think all of that happened around the same time. I remember just waking up feeling completely unmotivated, directionless…I didn’t want to face the world,” she said. “Life just felt meaningless.”
Deepika Padukone’s wellness journey
Photo: DEEPIKA PADUKONE/INSTAGRAM
Photo: DEEPIKA PADUKONE/ZEE NEWS“I struggled and I suffered for many months because I didn’t know anyone who had been through something like this,” she added. “I felt like if I shared my experience and even just one person was like, ‘I identify with these symptoms,’ then my purpose would be served.”
And that’s just the start of what Deepika Padukone hopes to accomplish. “I think that focusing on the importance of mental health is what my calling is. It’s work that I will continue to do. And hopefully the foundation will survive even beyond me.”
The actor, though just 36, has been thinking about her legacy a lot lately. “You reach a stage in your life where you wake up thinking, What is it that I want to be remembered for? And what is it that I want to leave behind?”
