Depressed? Don't Worry, Be Happy!

Despite mounting evidence about depression being a fatality, there are equally positive results about how one can cope and overcome its damaging impact on individual lives. It is this fight against difficulties associated with this illness that have prompted leading personalities such as Deepika Padukone to set up initiatives to help people overcome it. For instance, her ‘Live Love and Laugh Foundation’ has shown very many ways to fight depression.

There are several great initiatives in India about how to fight the disease during the isolation imperatives of the virus. The article looks at how depression manifests itself in people and provides guidelines about how to overcome stress and anxiety and be positive. The increasing rate of suicides, more so because of the lockdown in the wake of the virus outbreak, is a clear pointer to how depression can turn into a dangerous weapon for self-destruction.

If there was one thing that hogged the headlines along with news about the conflict with china in ladakh and the lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus extending a deathly grip on the world, it was the issue of depression and suicide. This came about after actor Sushant Singh Rajput (34) was found dead at his residence in Mumbai. The police confirmed that he died by suicide, even if no such ‘note’ was found from his residence. The actor was hailed for his performances in films such as ‘chhichhore’, ‘MS Dhoni: The untold Story’ and ‘Detective Byomkesh Bakshy’. He started his career on television and will be remembered for his excellent characterisation in ‘Pavitra Rishta’.