Recently Bollywood super star Anushka Sharma was very optimistic and
open about talking on this topic.In January, actor Anushka Sharma opened
up about seeking treatment for anxiety. In an interview with Vogue
magazine, she described it as a biological problem that required
acceptance and, more importantly, needed to be talked about openly.
“What’s the need to hide it?” she said, adding that there have been
cases of DEPRESSION in her family.
“Celebrities talking about their battle with anxiety and depression is a
brave thing to do because it helps shed the stigma that shrouds such
conditions.in India, any mental issue, even if it is simple anxiety, is
seen as some kind of mental and emotional weakness, and so it is ignored
outright,” says Sakshi Bhatia, clinical psychologist, Columbia Asia
Hospital, Pune. Particularly anxiety, she adds, is misunderstood and
often underplayed deliberately. It’s referred to as moodiness, tiredness
or trouble at work—but seldom accepted as anxiety. “The minute it is
called anxiety, the black placard about it being a mental disorder comes
up,” says Bhatia.
“Anxiety is characterized by a sense of fear and doubt about what is
going to happen in the future, whereas in DEPRESSION there is a feeling
of extreme sadness coupled with listless, extreme negative emotions,
suicidal thoughts and maybe myriad other physical symptoms like chronic
fatigue,” says Bhatia.
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