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I am generally a happy person and grateful for all my blessings. I am a single
mother of four living children (I gave birth to six). I got married when I was 19
and went through a lot of abuse from my husband—emotional, verbal,
financial and some physical. He also betrayed me with my best friend and had
a child with her while he was still married to me. Despite all this, I was always
a smiling, positive and strong person. I eat well, dress well, keep fit, have my
own business and have a good social life.
In 2011, I woke up and had a breakdown. I was diagnosed with clinical
depression. It took my family and me by surprise and we were shocked as I
had always looked happy and was always smiling. The depression was very
severe. I could not go out of my house. I didn‘t shower for days and I didn‘t
change my clothes. I just lay on my sofa the whole day. I didn‘t eat or drink
much. I was put under professional care at my house. I was in no state of mind
to absorb any information. I was put on different medications but nothing
worked.
Even though I have four grown-up children who work as professionals, they
just didn‘t understand my condition and were unable to help me. Now I am on
the road to recovery and can do most of the things that I could do before and
even more. I have understood that depression is not a sign of weakness. It may
be a sign of not dealing with stuff for too long and pushing it under the carpet.
We should not be ashamed of showing our weaknesses and asking for help
when we need it. We need to break the stigma of depression and look after our
health properly.
-Zeenat
I am a 70-year-old person and I had been going through severe depression. I
was thinking that I would live for a maximum of five more years. Satyamev
Jayate‘s episode on Nurturing Mental Health increased my self-confidence,
willpower, vision and mentality. Now I can say that I will live up to 90 years at
least!
-Gurdeep
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mother of four living children (I gave birth to six). I got married when I was 19
and went through a lot of abuse from my husband—emotional, verbal,
financial and some physical. He also betrayed me with my best friend and had
a child with her while he was still married to me. Despite all this, I was always
a smiling, positive and strong person. I eat well, dress well, keep fit, have my
own business and have a good social life.
In 2011, I woke up and had a breakdown. I was diagnosed with clinical
depression. It took my family and me by surprise and we were shocked as I
had always looked happy and was always smiling. The depression was very
severe. I could not go out of my house. I didn‘t shower for days and I didn‘t
change my clothes. I just lay on my sofa the whole day. I didn‘t eat or drink
much. I was put under professional care at my house. I was in no state of mind
to absorb any information. I was put on different medications but nothing
worked.
Even though I have four grown-up children who work as professionals, they
just didn‘t understand my condition and were unable to help me. Now I am on
the road to recovery and can do most of the things that I could do before and
even more. I have understood that depression is not a sign of weakness. It may
be a sign of not dealing with stuff for too long and pushing it under the carpet.
We should not be ashamed of showing our weaknesses and asking for help
when we need it. We need to break the stigma of depression and look after our
health properly.
-Zeenat
I am a 70-year-old person and I had been going through severe depression. I
was thinking that I would live for a maximum of five more years. Satyamev
Jayate‘s episode on Nurturing Mental Health increased my self-confidence,
willpower, vision and mentality. Now I can say that I will live up to 90 years at
least!
-Gurdeep
3
