Sustaining a long career in the entertainment industry can be stressful. Actor Nakuul Mehta , who doesn’t shy away from expressing himself and has been vocal about mental health, says at times, he, too, finds it “very hard to share some of the deepest challenges” he faces with people closest to him. He says, “The truth is that all of us have some or the other mental health challenge, just like all of us have some or the other physical health challenge.
I feel it’ll take a few years for us to start normalising and giving it the seriousness that we accord to other things,” he tells us on World Mental Health Day today. He adds, “We don’t feel shy saying, ‘I have fever and I can’t show up’. We should treat mental health challenges the same way.
We should be able to take a mental health day off. It will take a few years for us to take it up seriously and not be frivolous about it. Most of us today live in a cluttered world, with too much information and social media, where we compare our lives to others’ at all times.
It is only legitimate that all of us are suffering from different degrees of mental health challenges. Some may have the tools or spiritual practices or meditation to deal with them, but you’re still dealing with them. It's hard for me as well.
While I tend to do it, there are many times when I bottle up many things and don't speak up. But I feel it's very important to have a conversation around challenges you face.” A post shared by Nakuu.
