Actor Hrithik Roshan, at a recent event, opened up about suffering from depression. The actor said that issues relating to mental health must be spoken about casually and not as if it is something which can’t be cured.
“I’ve been through my ups and downs. I have experienced depression, I have experienced confusion, as we all do. It’s a very normal thing. We should be very casual about it when we speak about it. It should be spoken about casually,” PTI quoted him. The 42-year-old actor was speaking at the launch of M Power’s ‘Everyday Heroes’ campaign which urges people to accept and fight mental illnesses.
He added that the ups and downs in life helped him evolve as a person. “I have experienced issues in my own personal life, we all go through ups and downs. The ups are important, the downs are (also) important because you evolve through both of them,” he said, “when you go through a down then the most important thing is clarity of thought. Sometimes your brain takes over, feeds you with unwanted thoughts”.
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The actor, who began his career with Kaho Na Pyaar Hai in 2000, said that he had seen many of his friends silently battle depression and other mental issues.
“About, why when we are suffering from stomach or kidney problems, we are so cool and casual about it. Why when we have a problem with the brain, which is also an organ, we get scared and feel as if it is our fault and we need to hide it from people? Everybody at some point in life is going to go through some mental issue,” he added.