Lets Fight Depression - TLLLF

DEPRESSION

"दबे पाउ आकर बेठ जाता है, 
हमारे अन्दर ...
चलो उसको जाने,
पहचाने...
जरा सा भी कुछ सहि ना लागे,
तो देखे दोबारा,
सम्झे दोबारा"

I am myself a victim of depression, a chronice and periodic one. It is not always. But there are times, I have no control of what I am feeling. Am I an expert in this? NO! But writing helps me not have that phase. And that's why I want to write about this as well.

BEING ALERT HELPS A LOT.
Being alert that you might be actually a victim of depression helps.

Here's how Deepika Padukone (yes, the superstar) talks about how she felt about her phase.

"I felt empty; directionless. I didn't know where to go, what to do.My mind stopped talking to me.I felt a pit in my stomach.I kept crying. I didn't know what was wrong.I often locked myself up and cried. I lost my appetite.Sometimes being out and around people helped. Sometimes, it didn't.When I was out and about and with people, I felt ok. When I was back to my room, again I didn't feel ok.There were days when I wanted to be in bed and sleep.I didn't want to wake up.Sometimes, I would wake up and think, it was too exhausting.
My breath was shallow. I would sometimes gasp."

"I am talking to help others battle depression. I've been to hell and back; don't want others to suffer."

Having once battled with #Depression, Deepika Padukone has established an NGO, the Live Love Laugh Foundation (TLLLF),and launched a nationwide public awareness campaign on mental health, jointly with Indian Psychiatric Society and the Indian Medical Association.

Deepika says - 

“There is no specific reason or cause as to why it creeps up on you. For some it could be environmental, for some it could be a traumatic past experience or simply just biological. Today, I can say that I have become more aware. It has made me wiser. It has made me understand human beings. As a child, I have always been very perceptive and emotional and this has made me a little more sensitive to people around me. I value every breath of mine,"

Hear the story of Deepika, how mother and her doctors helped her in fighting her depression.