Deepika Padukone, who had revealed during the promotions of ‘Happy New Year’ about her battle against depression, gets teary-eyed on Monday while launching a national public awareness campaign about mental health called ‘Dobara Poocho’. She revealed that her mother was the one who helped her come out of it.
“Two years back, my family had come to see me. They were about to leave and I was all alone in my bedroom, curled up. My mother walked in and asked if everything was okay, I said yes. She asked again if it was work or something else that was bothering me, I said no. She asked me so many times that I felt myself choking and I broke into tears,” Padukone said through tears.
“I want to tell my mother that if it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t be here. Thank you for being with me all through the way. Thank you to my sister, my father, and friends who supported my immensely,” she added.
“I did not want to be in the situation I was. I wanted to come out of it desperately. As they say that every solution is within your own self, I found the strength within me and also the people I had around who made me believe that I can rely on them” she said.
