There haven’t been many celebrities who openly talked about their fear and insecurities.
Recently, actress Shruti Haasan opened up on battling with a disorder. Keep on reading…
Recently, while chatting with Pinkvilla, Shruti has talked about dealing with an anxiety disorder and taking talk therapy.
In fact, the ‘Welcome Back’ actress had anxiety since she was a child, and it took her quite a long time to come to terms with this fact.
Shruti reveals, “It took me a long time to come to terms with it. I have had anxiety for many years, and I think it was triggered by certain traumas which is the case with most people. Trauma feels like a very heavy word, but anything can trigger it. Trauma is basically something that’s inflicted, (it) could be large or small.”
“That’s why it’s a bit complicated with anything with mental health because what may be traumatic for you may not be traumatic for me. But it is the way each individual’s mind processes trauma, and there are various reactions to it. In my case the reaction was anxiety,” she added.
She continued, saying, “So as a child I felt a little bit more competitive energy would affect me negatively. Getting on stage was a phobia for the longest time. When I started singing and performing on stage since I was 19, I was in music school, I would get these symptoms of really bad anxiety. But I just thought I was not steely, courageous, or strong enough for this big bad world. It took me many years; I think actually into my 30s to realize that I had an anxiety disorder.”
Shruti Haasan revealed that opting for talk therapy benefitted her.
“In fact, you are mostly trying to keep up the garb or image of being all right. For me it wasn’t fear of being judged, for me, the fear was ‘I am supposed to have my s*** together’, ‘I am supposed to be okay’. For different people, there are different triggers. In my case, my parents wouldn’t judge me. But that could translate into various things, so it’s difficult to talk at first for anybody,” she stated.
On the work front, Shruti will be seen opposite Prabhas in ‘Salaar’, which is going to hit the theatres on April 14, 2022.