Dangal Girl Zaira Wasim Suffers From Depression and Suicidal Tendencies! Posts Emotional Message

Zaira Wasim who impressed one and all with her acting potential in Aamir Khan's box office sensation Dangal, and then went on to impress the cinegoers again with her second outing Secret Superstar has been battling with Depression and severe anxiety. The 17-year-old confessed the trauma and talked about the challenge with a post on Instagram.

"without being ashamed, embarrassed and having the fear of being judged for it." Writing about her battle with depression, Zaira said suicidal thoughts, starving, daily dosage of medicines and restlessness is what defined her days. "Perhaps it could've been *JUST A PHASE* but this awful phase has put me in situations I never wished or chose to be in," she wrote on Facebook.

Zaira has been repeatedly told that she is too young to de depressed but this what the talent had to add about the stark reality she is facing. "Popping 5 antidepressants every day, anxiety attacks, being rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night, feeling empty, restless, anxious, hallucinations, having sore limbs from sleeping too much to not being able to sleep for weeks, from overeating to starving myself, unexplained fatigue, body ache, self-loathing, nervous breakdowns, suicidal thoughts were all parts of this PHASE," Zaira added in her note.

Bollywood actors like Deepika Padukone and Karan Johar have come out in the open about the issue and about their battle with clinical depression and anxiety.

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