Anupam Kher opens up about his mental health diagnosis

Anupam Kher has always been known to be a rather well-known name in Bollywood and just recently he opened up about a personal subject surrounding his mental health and spoke about how he dealt with facial paralysis.

Anupam Kher recently spoke to Hindustan Times through a Zoom call. During the conversation, he was quoted as saying: “I was clinically diagnosed as manic depressive. I went to the doctor, surrounded myself with medication and moved on.”

“Humei apne tarike se deal karna hota hai (we have to deal with it in our own way) and friends and family should understand if one is behaving in a lonely manner it is important to get them out of the zone.”

In regards to the most important lesson of his life, the actor claimed, “That failure is an event and never a person. You need to continue doing what you feel is right and then after a few years, you need to reinvent yourself, craft and keep moving on. You need to keep exploring and not boast over your laurels and start every day as a newcomer.”

Concluding the talk, he also touched upon the coronavirus situation and how he never expected to go on for so long. Anupam admits that it “made me realise that I am not as restless as I used to think before the situation. I have become calmer as a person. I feel there is so much to life. People have come closer to their families.”