DEPRESSION IS NOT A JOKE

Time to acknowledge mental health issue!

During this year we have come across many people who gave up their own life due to depression. People who suicide are in a mental state where they want to end their pain, not life. Depression is a kind of disease just like cancer. It eats your brain and convinces you that you are not worthy to live anymore. A normal person would not even dare to end his life. 

People were struggling with huge stress related to their work and earning money. Country lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic created an unforgettable memory for people. Some people took an opportunity to enhance their skills and create new ideas for their future and few gave up their lives. 

But many people realized how important it is to take care of our physical and mental health. Let me tell you that recently the Indian Psychiatry Society conducted a survey which shows a 20% increase in mental health cases in India since the lockdown. So it clearly shows that this pandemic has created so much panic among people that they feel helpless dealing with this sudden situation. I believe that the most important thing in life is inner peace. If our mind is flooded with negative thoughts, no matter how fit our physical body is, it is useless. A healthy mind can help us to achieve anything in life. We need to adapt to a different environment and learn to have a positive outlook on life. 

When the lockdown started, there was a lot of panic among people. But in order to survive, we had to make a routine that kept our thoughts diverted from the current situation. Mental peace became an important aspect. Even WHO laid out a few guidelines related to mental health where we should meet virtually with our loved ones and eat nutritious food. This pandemic made us realize the importance of our health. Lockdown was a pause button in our life where we were given a golden chance to think about ourselves and learn the value of health. It is important to realize that we need to enjoy our own company. We can virtually meet people but in the end if we can't keep ourselves happy than no one else can. We need to wake up each day with a positive thought and feel blessed that we get to live one more day. Challenges will keep coming in our life but all we can do is to have the strength to face it.

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