Anurag Kashyap's Daughter Aaliyah Opens Up On Her Mental Health, Says She Felt Like Dying

What can be easily called a brave act, Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Kashyap's daughter Aaliyah has spoken about her fragile mental health.

In a new video, Aaliyah Kashyap has spoken about her depression and anxiety, experiencing panic attacks, and the time she didn't want to exist.?

?When Aaliyah tested positive for Covid-19 last November, she was in quarantine and her mental health ‘really deteriorated’.?

“In November upon testing positive for COVID-19,? I was just super low, constantly crying, feeling like there was no purpose to my life like I didn’t want to exist or do anything. I thought I was a burden on everyone else and all of these negative interrupting thoughts in my head obviously aren’t true. But that is what it felt like,” she said.

Aaliyah would stay in bed and constantly cry.?

“I don’t think I have ever cried as much in my life combined as I have in this past week,” she said. She decided to visit a psychiatrist, who diagnosed her with panic disorder, which is characterized by sudden recurring panic attacks. She said that she is feeling better after taking medication for it.

?And then on April 10th, 2021, Aaliyah felt like she might die.??

“Suddenly, my body became numb, completely numb. My heart started beating really fast. I started sweating. My body started violently trembling. Literally, I was like, ‘I am dying’. It felt like this was it for me and I was going to die. Mind you, I have had panic attacks before but nothing like this, ever. So I didn’t know what I was having was a panic attack and not a heart attack or stroke,” she said.??

?Aaliyah went to the hospital and was told that she had a severe anxiety attack.

“It was like the scariest day and night of my life. I felt so much anxiety, for no reason. Like, nothing triggered it,” she said, adding that the incident triggered more anxiety in her. “After that Sunday night, for the last 10 days, I have felt constant anxiety. Even right now. My heart rate was super high. I couldn’t breathe. My chest was hurting throughout,” Aaliyah concluded.

?Thank you for sharing Aaliyah, may your video give rise to more conversations on mental health.