Marks and your results are not everything: Deepika

Brut India

Deepika Padukone opens up about her school days to help students navigate exam stress.

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00:00I'm just feeling completely helpless and hopeless.

00:03And I don't want to live anymore.

00:05My parents didn't put much pressure on me to bring good marks.

00:10Deepika, welcome to your test.

00:132025.

00:14So, Deepika, let's start from your childhood days.

00:23This is a very misleading photo.

00:26I was a very naughty girl.

00:28Even now, my parents always say that you'll never find Deepika at ground level.

00:33I was always on sofas, tables, chairs, climbing and jumping.

00:39Outdoor sports.

00:41I was always more interested in extracurricular activities.

00:45But I think I'm also very fortunate that

00:47there was a time when I realized that

00:50marks and your results are not everything.

00:52And I think there was such an atmosphere in my school

00:55and whenever I had to practice for Teacher's Day

01:00or a fashion show or Sports Day,

01:02I used to get very excited about those things.

01:05I think the other thing is that I'm very lucky that

01:08my parents didn't put much pressure on me to bring good marks.

01:13So, I would like to tell my parents that

01:17it's very important to realize the potential of your children.

01:22Maybe their interest lies in something else

01:24and that is also okay.

01:26So, Deepika, let's talk about that moment

01:29when you realized that maybe you had depression.

01:33After school, sports, modeling, acting,

01:40I kept working and working and working.

01:43And there was a day in 2014

01:47when I became unconscious.

01:49And after a few days, I realized

01:53that I had depression.

01:56Depression is something that we can't see.

01:59It's a very invisible thing.

02:01It's possible that there are some people among us

02:04who are feeling anxiety or depression.

02:08And we won't even know because I'm smiling from above.

02:12I'm saying hi and hello to everyone.

02:14And did you share this with anyone?

02:16I didn't share it with anyone for a long time

02:19because I used to live alone in Bombay.

02:22And then my mother came to Bombay to meet me.

02:25And she stayed with me for a few weeks.

02:28And the day they were going back to Bangalore,

02:32I started crying.

02:33So, she asked me what happened.

02:34Did anyone say anything? Did anything happen at work?

02:37And I said, no, I don't know what this is.

02:41I'm just feeling completely helpless and hopeless.

02:45And I don't want to live anymore.

02:48So, I was very lucky in that moment that my mother realized

02:51and she said, let's call a psychologist.

02:54In our country, there was a lot of stigma

02:57about mental illness.

02:58How can it happen to me?

02:59How can it happen to me?

03:00Or even if it happened to me, we won't tell anyone.

03:04As soon as I started talking about this illness,

03:08I started feeling so free, so light.

03:11And from there, my journey started

03:14with mental health awareness.

03:16Depression, anxiety, stress,

03:19it can happen to anyone at any time.

03:21Like Mr. Narendra Modi has written in his book,

03:24Exam Warriors,

03:26Express, Never Suppress.

03:28It really takes off a lot of weight off your shoulders.

03:33And when you're preparing for exams, in particular,

03:37you start feeling better.

03:38You feel like, I can focus on my exam now.

03:41Because I have talked about my issue.

03:45And you're able to just focus and live a healthier, better life.

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