From Filter-Free Selfies To A Dialogue On Mental Health: Celebrities Are Normalising Vulnerability On Social Media

Once the subject of breathless tabloid scoops and the preserve of prying paparazzi, mental health of celebrities is, today, no longer a closely guarded secret that needs digging deep or dirty.

- Sruthi Raman

These days, many celebrities, from Bella Hadid to Archana Kavi, are letting it all hang out as they talk about debilitating mind matters. From body image issues to depression, there’s no mental health condition that the rich and the famous are hiding in their closets anymore. While these disclosures help bring the often-taboo topic of mental health from hush-hush cloakroom whispers to full-blown drawing-room conversations, do they embolden and encourage others, specially the youth, to step out of their boundaries to speak up about their mental health issues and seek help? We explore...

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Psychodynamic psychotherapist, Aleeka Kumar, says, “I think celebs speaking about mental health is good because as role models for people, they can lift stigma off mental health issues. Yet, mental health does not come with the glamour that gets associated with it. The journey in that blind alley of a negative state of mind is an extremely hard one. There is nothing glamorous about it. There is a lot of conscious unlearning and taking baby steps in the right direction that is required. It’s donkey work with the mind.”

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