Deepika Padukone Is In Support Of Having Counselors & Psychiatrists. Here's Why It Makes Sense

It won't be wrong to say that stardom comes with a lot of pressure and baggage for actors. And it obviously takes guts and a lot of courage for actors to be vocal about their weaknesses.

Deepika Padukone revealed about depression and made it a little better for others to follow the same.

Padukone was present at the World Congress on Information Technology and Nasscom India Leadership Forum held in Hyderabad, where she spoke about making mental wellness a boardroom priority.?

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Deepika, who is also the founder of The Live Love Laugh Foundation went on to share her stint with depression and gave tips to technologists on how to overcome it. During her talk, Deepika revealed why it was important that the persons suffering from depression speak about it with his or her near and dear ones and approach a counselor and psychiatrist.

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Deepika advised all IT companies to have counselors and psychiatrists to help the employees who may be suffering from depression. She said the employers should also ensure that such employees are not treated differently, noting there is a lot of stigma attached to mental illness and such people don't speak due to fear of losing their job.

She believes technology can help create awareness of depression but personal touch and feel are important to help the person. She added,

"Personal feel and touch, physical proximity, one-on-one is important which technology in some way is taking away from us."

On whether social media is adding to the problem, Deepika said while it has been a boon in a lot of ways, she believes that everything should be in moderation. She observed that people on social media sometimes present a glorified version of life.

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Replying to a query from the audience, Deepika said when she was suffering from depression, she used to feel like not getting up from the bed and going for work.

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The actress said frequent sessions with counsellors, medication, lifestyle changes, spacing the work, adequate sleep and the right kind of food helped her overcome the problem. She stressed the need for people to come out and speak about mental illness. "You are not alone. One in three or five persons feels depression. It's going to be next big epidemic to hit our country," she said.

On the activities of her Foundation, she said it was working to create awareness in Karnataka's Davangere district. "If I am able to save even one life, I will feel my job is done."