Aamir Khan: No shame in taking therapy

Earlier today, to mark World Mental Health Day, Aamir Khan posted a video on his IG handle where he and his daughter Ira spoke about mental health and how one should not self-medicate if they face mental health issues and instead, reach out to a professional.

In the video, the actor said, “Zindagi mein aise bohot saare kaam hai jo hum

khud nahi kar

paate. Jisme humme kisi aur vyakti ki madad lagti hai,

jo yeh kaam jaanta

hai.

Aur yeh faisle hum badi asaani se le lete hai, begair kisi sharam ke, begair kisi jhijak ki "(There are a lot of things in life that we cannot do ourselves. For that we need the help of others, someone who knows how to do that job. And we take these decisions so easily, without any shame or hesitation)

He further quoted his and his daughter's example and said, “Aur doston meri beti Ira aur main pichle kayi saalon se therapy ka laabh utah rahe hai (Friends, I and my daughter have benefitted from therapy for years now). So if you are going through stress or any kind of tension, reach out for help from trained professionals. There is no shame in that. All the best.”

A few months back, in a chat with ETimes, Ira had spoken about her struggle with clinical depression. She said, "I was diagnosed with clinical depression in 2018. I was working on my play and someone told me about how

AR Rahman had talked about his anxiety and how it helped a lot of people. So, I thought I could do that too. I had the words to articulate what I was going through which I realized not a lot of people have. I have learned a little bit of psychology and my aunt is a therapist. I was diagnosed in 2018 but I was trying to figure this out many years before that. I realized that this was something that I could do. Then I spent the next three years talking to people, reading stuff, and trying to figure out whether I actually wanted to do this because it’s a big responsibility to get involved in someone’s mental health."