Since news broke about 24-year-old Arjun Bhardwaj tragically jumping to his own death from the 19th floor of a hotel in Mumbai, many comedians have taken to their social media accounts to talk about anxiety and depression.
Mallika Dua spoke about how we sometimes do not give our mental health as much importance as our physical health.
Sapan Verma, in a similar vein, wrote about his own failures before he found his calling.
In this video, Tanmay Bhat explains how problems are never going to leave our side. He says that rather than running away from them, we should “do friendship with them”.
Rohan Joshi succinctly puts across his point. “It’s not worth ending shit over”.
Daniel Fernandes urges those who are depressed to seek professional help in his post.
Vir Das points out that it's important for everyone to recognise symptoms of depression in their friends and family.
In a society where mental health has a such a huge stigma attached to it, it’s extremely important to have such voices normalising dialogue surrounding anxiety and depression.
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Published: 05 Apr 2017,08:56 PM IST