Deepika Padukone on her battle with depression: I was suicidal at times

Deepika Padukone has never shied away from sharing how she was diagnosed with depression her remedial course of action and how she basically dealt with it She is one of the very few actors in the industry who went public with her battle with depression and has spoken about it on various occasionsOn Thursday Deepika once again shed light on how she battled monthslong depression and overcame many bumps that came her way including suicidal thoughtsSpeaking at an event in Mumbai Deepika shared anecdotes from the time she was dealing with depression and how her mother came to her rescue Deepika said I give all the credit to my mother for recognizing the signs and symptomsbecause it just happened out of the blueAlso ReadDeepika Padukone If Ive landed here today I must be doing something rightI was on a careerhigh and everything was going well so there was no reason or no apparent reason why I shouldve felt the way I was feeling but I would break down for no reason There were days when I just didnt want to wake up I would sleep because sleep for me was an escape I was suicidal at times she addedExplaining further about how loved ones came to her rescue during her tough times she said My parents live in Bengaluru and every time they visited me even now when they visit me I always put on a brave front like everythings okay you know you always want to show your parents that youre fineso I was doing one of those things like Im fineuntil they were leaving one day they were going back to Bengaluru and I broke down and my mother asked me the usual hygiene questions likeis it a boyfriend Is it someone at work Has something happened And I just didnt have answersit was none of these things And it just came from a really empty hollow place And she knew instantly and I think that for me was God sentAlso ReadDeepika Padukone shares heartwarming Period Story to raise awarenessDeepika runs an NGO that aims to give hope to every person experiencing stress anxiety and depressionSpeaking further about the idea behind the foundation Live Love Laugh Deepika added This her depression diagnosis was one of the reasons why I set up this foundation for us to be able to create that awareness to be sensitive to the people around us to look around usTalking about how she overcame this rough patch Deepika said Coming back to me I needed professional help And then the journey went onI was put on to a psychiatrist medication which went back and forth for many months I was resistant to that at first because there was so much stigma attached to mental illness so that went on for a couple of months until I finally started taking medication and started feeling betterDeepika concluded by saying that the journey of mental illness can be lonely and her mission is to make sure that not even one life is lost due to mental illnessThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever