Deepika Padukone, who spoke up about her struggle with depression publicly last year, has now launched an awareness campaign taking her fight against the condition a step forward with an awareness drive ‘You Are Not Alone’.
The actress had already pledged to spread awareness about depression through her NGO ‘The Live Love Laugh Foundation’ (TLLLF) in 2015 and this new programme (launched on Wednesday at Sophia High School, Bangalore) focuses on further educating high school students and teachers about how to deal with stress, anxiety and depression. Not just that, the drive aims at reducing the stigma that surrounds issues of mental health. In an official statement Deepika said,
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