World Mental Health Day 2019: TV Stars Shivin Narang, Sneha Wagh, Ssharad Malhotra, Jasmin Bhasin Have An Important Message For You

Shashank Vyas:  In 2009, my mother Geeta died of high blood pressure and cardiac arrest. I was devastated. I even thought of giving up on acting. I had not even signed ‘Balika Vadhu’ when my mom died. She couldn't see me on the screen. I read books and turned to spirituality to combat my situation, loneliness, and emptiness. She still lives in my thoughts and prayers. Her blessings are with me. One should always be connected to spirituality. I saw lots of changes in myself. It also taught me a very important word ie ACCEPTANCE. Whatever happens, it is God’s plan...we may not understand why but we have to accept God’s will.  The setting of realistic goals is important at this time. It helps you understand the purpose of life…nothing lasts forever, be good or bad, take life one day at a time.

Jasmin Bhasin: I agree everybody, including actors, faces emotional issues at some point or the other. Everybody knows about being physically healthy but not many know that mental and emotional happiness is as important. Not being happy, having issues taking decisions, meeting people handling a situation I feel when you are facing such things, I would suggest you should believe in yourself, do what makes you feel happy and right. We are all blessed with close friends and family when you are not able to make a decision, you are doubtful, discuss it with your closed ones. You will always find a solution and also get a perspective of somebody else which helps you decide what is wrong and right and third would be not to overthink. We complicate our lives and situations by overthinking try to keep your thinking as straight as possible don't make it too complex.

Amit Sarin: I believe, mental health is misunderstood and is not taken very seriously in India. More awareness of this will certainly lead to a better quality of life.  An actor, whether he shares it or not, he goes through an emotional roller coaster, when he has to portray complexed characters and especially when he has to deal with success and failures in his career. I have gone through my phase of lows and highs too and luckily I had the guidance of my spiritual Guru, who helped me understand my ignorance and enlightened me to see life with a holistic approach. The few things that have helped me was to never take fame or shutterbugs seriously, prepare your list of things that you wish to do and just follow it, follow a routine, which brings discipline, always keep in mind that success is when preparation meets opportunity.

Ira Sone: I, at some point in my life, had major health issues and it wasn’t easy to cope up emotionally. I started practicing inner engineering (Shambhavi Maha Mudra by Sadh Guru) daily and over the years it has helped me to become aware of my thoughts and feelings and act with composure. Three tips to keep yourself motivated is doing yoga, think positive and surround yourself with a few good people.

Sanjay Gagnani: Mental health is the most important aspect of one’s life and body. As they say, it’s all in the mind! A human mind has an unprecedented capability of accomplishing and discovering. We all take mental health way too lightly. But the fact is good mental health can create wonders. For me, Success is not all about name and fame, but happiness. Happiness is a success. Whenever I feel happy, I feel successful. So, it’s important to keep ourselves happy by surrounding ourselves with people who matter to us, whose vibe makes us feel happy. By doing things that make us feel happy. There are times when each one of us goes through lows, unhappy times, emotional turmoils. These are the times when we need to take care of our mental health the most. We all should analyze ourselves. As they say, to love others, keep others happy, you need to love yourself first, you need to keep yourself happy!

On this World Mental Health Day let us concentrate on our mental health and try to stay positive always.