Alia Bhatt Couldn't Hold Back Tears When Sister Shaheen Spoke About Having Suicidal Thoughts

It's quite easy to mistake celebrities living the 'king' life. But sometimes behind those closed doors of glamorous mansions, they are hiding their own battles with severe depression.

There are a lot of celebrities who have experienced depression and spoken about it too. Deepika Padukone is one among those. But can you imagine the trauma of a 13-year-old kid who lived with depression for a really long time?

Alia Bhatt's sister Shaheen Bhatt was just 13 when she went through a traumatic time in her life. She recently unveiled her autobiography titled 'I have never been unhappier' wherein she has narrated the horrific thoughts that she would have when depression was at its peak.?

At the event, as Shaheen revealed how she even thought of ending her life in one of those terrible and weak moments, Alia Bhatt couldn't hold back her tears. She cried inconsolably and expressed her guilt for not understanding her sister's suffering at that time. She said she could only understand her feelings after she read her book.??

"I am suddenly feeling very nervous. I am very nervous that I am going to start crying any minute because once we start talking about my sister and her..."?

"I feel extremely proud, heartbroken and overjoyed at the same time. Even though I've lived with my sister my whole life, 26 years, I only understood what she was going through after reading her book."

That makes me feel, on so many levels, so terrible as a sister. I feel like I didn't put myself out there enough to understand her, to think about what she was going through."

"What makes me really emotional," Alia broke down again, and added, "I always believed that she is the most brilliant person in the family but somehow she never believed it herself. That always broke my heart."

"Not just me, everyone feels like this for her, that when Shaheen walks into a room, it's like a star is there because genuinely she with her mind, emotional quotient, the way she makes you feel, it's of another extreme."

When asked if she feels guilty for not being sensitive, Alia said, "I was sensitive but I do feel guilty for not understanding her as much as I should have. I do understand much better now."

Alia even shared about her own anxiety issues. "I haven’t been depressed but I’ve had bouts of anxiety. It comes and goes. It’s been happening quite a bit since the past five to six months. It’s not like an anxiety attack but I just feel low," she said.?

For the unversed, Alia is five years younger to her sister.?