Today is world mental health day.Yes it's nothing extraordinary considering we have a day dedicated to every other thing. What this day brought me is a coincidence of epic proportions.
Let me explain..as usual I logged in to my blogger profile to see my blog posts and my reading list. There all of a sudden I felt like checking Shridevi Nayak Karopady aka Sridu's blog Myspell. Before writing more let me give you a brief intro of how I came to know her blog...It was through a fb post few years ago posted by Preeti Shenoy...Shridevi had written a post on Preeti Shenoy's books... me being a fan boy was interested in knowing what another fan had to write about Preeti Shenoy. It was my first exposure to this talented woman's world.
Thereafter I became one of her readers..and came to know about an interesting personality...all from her posts where she wrote about subjects ranging from her childhood to her passion for writing...her simple joys..insecurities...so on...I occasionally commented..sometimes didn't even comment and read her posts and felt happy.
Now back to this coincidence... As I opened her blog it read that her blog has been moved to letmesquiggle.com . As I opened letmesquiggle.com/2015/10/05/compassion-and-healing/ I had before me a post written by sridu on 5th October which is just another normal day. But as I continued reading the post what I saw was an honest and brave admission by a youngster about her bipolar disorder. It's a mental disorder which goes on to destroy a person's life if left untreated. She had written a post titled "there are 26 crore depressed Indians and why I care". There she has written about her ongoing battle with bipolar disorder and how her life is going after she came to know she has bipolar disorder type 2.
This is indeed a coincidence of epic proportions... accidentally reading a post on world mental health day about a young lady's battle with depression.
Now what made me write about her in my blog is not her honest admission or her being a woman...There are way too many people out there who are facing depression and many high profile individuals like Deepika Padukone admit it and start campaigns and foundations for supporting their cause.
But rarely do we find a person who wrote an entire post to not just reveal her illness but empathised with countless other souls who are voiceless. I felt it to be my duty to write a post on her...I don't know if she will find this post or read it. I am just happy to have made a difference by acknowledging a wonderful woman's spirit of life.
PS: Dear Shridevi if you happen to read this post by chance, remember that you are not alone in your battle.. There is someone somewhere praying for your recovery and waiting to read your posts.Keep Smiling.
Let me explain..as usual I logged in to my blogger profile to see my blog posts and my reading list. There all of a sudden I felt like checking Shridevi Nayak Karopady aka Sridu's blog Myspell. Before writing more let me give you a brief intro of how I came to know her blog...It was through a fb post few years ago posted by Preeti Shenoy...Shridevi had written a post on Preeti Shenoy's books... me being a fan boy was interested in knowing what another fan had to write about Preeti Shenoy. It was my first exposure to this talented woman's world.
Thereafter I became one of her readers..and came to know about an interesting personality...all from her posts where she wrote about subjects ranging from her childhood to her passion for writing...her simple joys..insecurities...so on...I occasionally commented..sometimes didn't even comment and read her posts and felt happy.
Now back to this coincidence... As I opened her blog it read that her blog has been moved to letmesquiggle.com . As I opened letmesquiggle.com/2015/10/05/compassion-and-healing/ I had before me a post written by sridu on 5th October which is just another normal day. But as I continued reading the post what I saw was an honest and brave admission by a youngster about her bipolar disorder. It's a mental disorder which goes on to destroy a person's life if left untreated. She had written a post titled "there are 26 crore depressed Indians and why I care". There she has written about her ongoing battle with bipolar disorder and how her life is going after she came to know she has bipolar disorder type 2.
This is indeed a coincidence of epic proportions... accidentally reading a post on world mental health day about a young lady's battle with depression.
Now what made me write about her in my blog is not her honest admission or her being a woman...There are way too many people out there who are facing depression and many high profile individuals like Deepika Padukone admit it and start campaigns and foundations for supporting their cause.
But rarely do we find a person who wrote an entire post to not just reveal her illness but empathised with countless other souls who are voiceless. I felt it to be my duty to write a post on her...I don't know if she will find this post or read it. I am just happy to have made a difference by acknowledging a wonderful woman's spirit of life.
PS: Dear Shridevi if you happen to read this post by chance, remember that you are not alone in your battle.. There is someone somewhere praying for your recovery and waiting to read your posts.Keep Smiling.
