Deepika Padukone shares her story on World Mental Health Day.

Deepika Padukone has always been an active advocate of mental health awareness.

She talked about the time when she was fighting depression during the shooting of Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani movie

She did not want to wake up and will just sleep at times. She sometimes even felt suicidal.

She thanked her mother for identifying her signs of depression and encouraging her to get help.

Now she runs the “Live Love Laugh” Foundation to de-stigmatize mental health.