Shama Sikander On Battling Depression & Bipolar Disorder: ‘I Overcame By Meditating & Going Within'
Many celebrities in the recent past have opened up about their personal struggles with mental health issues in order to spread awareness and remove the stigma attached to it. In the same vein, Shama S
Many
celebrities
in
the
recent
past
have
opened
up
about
their
personal
struggles
with
mental
health
issues
in
order
to
spread
awareness
and
remove
the
stigma
attached
to
it.
In
the
same
vein,
Shama
Sikander
opened
up
about
her
tryst
with
depression
and
bipolar
disorder
and
how
she
overcome
them
in
a
recent
interview
with
Bollywood
life.
The
Ye
Meri
Life
Hai
and
Maaya
fame
actress
was
quoted
saying,
"I
overcame
depression
and
bipolar
disorder
by
meditating
and
going
within.
The
only
way
you
can
battle
these
illnesses
is
by
going
within.
Of
course,
I
took
medications
at
that
time,
but
I
am
not
a
big
supporter
of
medication.
What
you
actually
need
to
cure
is
your
mind.
These
illnesses
are
generally
whatever
has
happened
to
you
from
childhood
till
now
and
how
those
traumas
have
made
you
reach
there.
So,
somehow
you
have
to
face
those
traumas
back
and
correct
it."
Shama
then
went
on
to
explain
the
process
of
her
therapy
sessions
and
added,
"What
happens
in
therapy
sessions
is
that
they
take
you
back
at
that
moment,
they
make
you
sit
face
to
face
with
it
and
make
you
do
what
you
want
to
and
correct
it.
At
that
moment,
you
can
shout
at
somebody,
abuse
somebody,
or
do
whatever
you
wish
to
do,
then
relax
and
come
back
to
normal.
This
is
how
my
doctor
used
to
do
each
therapy
session
with
me.
And
that
is
what
cured
me,
made
me
happy
with
myself
again,
made
me
desire
again
and
be
hopeful
again."
Meanwhile,
like
other
actors,
Shama
Sikander
is
homebound
due
to
the
COVID-19
lockdown.
The
actress
is
happy
that
her
boyfriend,
an
American
businessman
-
James
Milliron,
who
otherwise
travels
all
around
the
world
as
his
work
demands,
is
with
her.