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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 wa...