Most of us have this misconception about depression \u2013 that you must have faced a catastrophe in order to be depressed, that your life must be pathetic.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n But think of depression as any other physiological disorder \u2013 it doesn\u2019t discriminate and is as simple as an imbalance in the chemicals and hormones of your body. It could happen to you, it could happen to anyone.<\/strong><\/p>\n But we are not trying to bum you out, and we are definitely not trying to say that depression is all-pervading and that there is no happiness left in the World.<\/p>\n We are just saying that celebrities are humans too, but you can take faith and be inspired by how they overcome depression and decided to pay it forward by spreading awareness about mental health.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n For someone who literally has it all \u2013 it was heart-breaking for many of her fans when Deepika Padukone admitted to having depression. But not only did Deepika fight depression, she also established \u2018Live Love laugh<\/strong>\u2019 to raise awareness about mental health and help others who went through the same trauma as her.<\/p>\n The Academy Award-winning actor was depressed during the failure of her first marriage in 1996. It went to such an extent that she even contemplated suicide! In her own words, \u201cIt was all about a relationship<\/strong>,<\/em>\u201d she said. \u201cMy sense of worth was so low. I had to reprogram myself to see the good in me. Because someone didn\u2019t love me didn\u2019t mean I was unlovable.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n It most certainly comes as a surprise that someone as cheerful and energetic as King Khan has suffered depression. But the actor admitted to being depressed post his shoulder surgery. Perhaps someone who was used to being so busy and out and about all the time felt restrained by all the rest he had to take to heal. But Shah Rukh Khan fans, don\u2019t worry his depression is a thing of the past and he is back and active as ever!<\/p>\n Again, it may be a shock that the man who made us laugh till our sides ached was a patient of depression himself! Mr. Carrey has been vocal about his fight with depression and has also admitted to taking medication (from a prescribed doctor) for the same. He once said, \u201cI was on Prozac for a long time\u2026There are peaks, there are valleys. But they\u2019re all kind of carved and smoothed out, and it feels like a low level of despair you live in. Where you\u2019re not getting any answers, but you\u2019re living OK. And you can smile at the office. You know?\u201d<\/p>\n The beautiful Ms. Koirala has not had it easy. Marital discord and her subsequent battle with cancer, left the actor wallowing in the depths of depression. But she sought out help and today is a smiling, cheerful inspiration to us all!<\/p>\n What is the first image you get when you think of a depressed person? Someone who is unsuccessful and dull and poor and ugly, right?\u00a0 Most of us have this misconception about depression \u2013 that you must have faced a catastrophe in order to be depressed, that your life must be pathetic. But think of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[170],"class_list":["post-8396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-depression-and-bipolar-disorder","tag-mental-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Well, here is a list of 5 successful, bright, rich and beautiful people who have battled depression.<\/h2>\n
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Deepika Padukone:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Halle Berry<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Shah Rukh Khan:<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Jim Carrey<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Manisha Koirala<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAre you someone who is going through depression, but are not able to figure out why? It\u2019s okay \u2013 depression can hit the best of us. We are here for you. Talk to our experts<\/a> at YourDOST and avail help and support immediately!<\/em><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"