Talking About Depression For TV Actors' Career Is Like Poison? Arjun Bijlani Opens About The Sad Fact!

Just recently actor Kushal Punjabi's death due to suicide rocked us all. Everyone was shaken as the actor's posts did not drop a single hint that he was sad, suffering and disturbed. His death in fact brought the issue of mental health in TV and film industry and specifically TV industry. Actor Arjun Bijlani shared with a media house that if people in the TV industry talk about their depression getting fewer chances of work.

He said: “The industry is a very catch-22 situation. You can’t open up because you feel then whatever little chance you have of getting work, you would lose it. People won’t give you work because they’ll think you’re depressed. It’s a very weird situation for actors sometimes. They want to open up but they can’t, they don’t trust anybody, it’s a sad state actually."

Arjun stressed on the fact that the only solution here is that the society needs to change and needs to work on awareness about depression which takes lives a number of times.

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“The solution is that we, as a society, need to change. There should be more awareness about depression, there should be centers and these centre numbers must be sent to everybody.

"If you are depressed and you are going through anything and you feel suicidal, then please contact this number. There should be these numbers where at least someone can call up and talk to you during those moments,” added the Naagin actor.

Arjun also shared that probably social media is a major cause for depression.

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“Nowadays, because of social media, I think a lot of people just see everybody’s posts and they feel that the person is so happy. And seeing someone so happy kind of makes you more depressed than what you already are. You feel that everything is only going wrong in your life and everything is going right in somebody else’s life. But not everything that shines is gold. I think social media is playing a very dominant role today in people’s lives," he shared.

“I may be wrong but I have a feeling that everybody thinks that this person is going there or doing this more, than ever before. Because earlier you didn’t know, you used to see it once in a while. But now everything is so instant, someone buys something, it’s on social media, someone wears something, it’s on social media.

"Someone has a new project, it’s on social media. Everybody knows everything about everyone. You might feel someone has it all but they may be still depressed or they may be still sad,” he added.

Fame should not be linked to your mental health. Arjun says that everyone wants fame but not getting it should also not be running an individual's life.

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“I need fame like Shah Rukh Khan but that doesn’t mean that if I don’t have it,https://gbsfwqac.top/health/how-to-recognise-depression-and-ways-of-dealing-with-it-article-51061. It’s important to learn how to be content with what you have and keep working hard to reach your goal. You may achieve it or you may not achieve it, you need to tell yourself right from the start that this happens in every field,” he said.

Arjun also emphasised on “creating an environment of happiness”.

“You got to keep doing your thing, small or big, whatever but create an environment of happiness with people around. Work is an aspect of life, but happiness truly comes from being with the people around you and family and many other things,” he added.