Deepika Padukone once spoke about dealing with anxiety,depression and shared her feelings.
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She revealed suffering from clinical depression and even set up her foundation, 'Live Love Laugh' to build a community, helping people around who suffer from mental health problems.
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In an old interview with journalist Barkha Dutt, Deepika said, "If I can impact one life in this entire process of speaking up and letting people know that it's something I have been through and something that I could deal with because I had a fantastic support system (then I'll try)."
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According to the reports, while talking about the depression she said,it was a time in 2014, she felt a weird feeling in her stomach and did not feel nice, that's when she knew she needed help.
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"I thought it was stress, so I tried to distract myself by focusing on work, and surrounding myself with people, which helped for a while. But the nagging feeling didn’t go away. My breath was shallow, I suffered from lack of concentration and I broke down often," she said in an interview with Hindustan times in 2015.
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"Over some time, it got worse. When my parents visited, I would put up a brave front because they were worried about me living alone and working long hours. Then, once, while talking to my mother (Ujjala Padukone), I broke down." She got in touch with a psychologist friend, Anna Chandy, to get help. Deepika came out of depression with the professional help and support of her parents and close ones.
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