Shaan Wondered How Someone As Successful As Deepika Padukone Could Be Depressed, Until She Spoke About Mental Health
The past few days haven’t been easy for me. I’ve struggled with the normal, day-to-day chores; in fact, it has reached a point where getting out of bed has been difficult for me. And I wish that I could point out a specific reason for this behaviour, but I honestly, can’t. There have been so many triggers lately, that being okay and doing regular things give me so much stress and anxiety. Now, I’m not saying this to trigger you, I’m just saying that I do come in the category of privileged people and yet, I suffer from anxiety and depression. By telling you this, all I’m trying to say is that it doesn’t matter how privileged or successful a person is, they still can go through mental health issues that they might not openly talk about. I mean, we all remember when Deepika Padukone opened up about her own struggle and journey with depression, right? Well, when she did, a lot of them could not understand how she could go through it. One of them was singer Shaan. He said in a recent interview that initially, he did not understand mental health enough and wondered how someone as successful as Deepika Padukone could go through depression.
Shaan, in an interview, spoke about mental health and said that initially he was ignorant about it and didn’t understand it enough. So when Deepika Padukone came out and spoke about her own battle with depression, it made the singer wonder what would have caused it.
The Gehraiyaan actress, who was diagnosed with depression back in 2014, has always opened up about the need to destigmatize mental health issues. Deepika Padukone even founded the Live Love Laugh Foundation in 2015 to create awareness around mental health and provide people with credible resources. As per Hindustan Times, Shaan was on the Love Laugh Live show hosted by Mandira Bedi where he spoke about how limited his knowledge about mental health was initially.
The Chand Sifarish song’s singer on the show said, “Deepika has a foundation, Live Love Laugh. At that time, she spoke about mental health and clinical depression. The cynic in me, the stupid idiot in me at that point was like, ‘It’s Deepika Padukone, one of the most successful actors, she has had the most supportive parents, she started right up there… Why would she go through depression?’” Shaan further added, “Obviously, I didn’t read enough or understand enough. When this happened much closer home and my wife Radhika was diagnosed with clinical depression, I took it personally until I realised it’s a chemical thing and medication is a vital part.”
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In fact, Shaan even touches on the topic of clinical depression in his single ‘Tanha Dil 2.0′ which was released in October 2021. In one of the statements, the singer said that they have tried to deal with a delicate, sensitive topic. He also said that he hoped that people not only enjoy the song but also imbibe the message that they have tried to communicate with it. Shaan stated, “Mental health is a long and hard condition to deal with but there always is a light at the end of the tunnel.”
I’m actually glad that he is one of those people who came out and spoke about his ignorance towards mental health. A lot of people pretend to understand mental health issues when in reality they hardly have an idea about it. Reading about it, talking to people about it, etc. will not only help you understand it better but also will help you to help others deal with it.
