Actress Pratiksha Rai, best known for her role in the television show Vasudha, recently opened up about her mental health struggles. She shared that she was low after her father`s death and felt suicidal. However, her family helped her cope.
Pratiksha Rai opens up about feeling suicidal
In an exclusive interview with IANS, Praitiksha revealed that she once battled suicidal thoughts. Pratiksha confessed that during one of her lowest phases, she even searched online for ways to end her life. The actress admitted that she was suicidal after her father passed away. She further added, “I even searched on Google for a painless way to end it. I felt like my world had ended. But thankfully, I had my family, my mother and my brothers, who gave me a reason to live. I decided to live for them.”
Pratiksha Rai talks about mental health and suicide
Pratiksha feels that conversations about mental health often start only when someone is no longer around. She stated, “When someone dies by suicide, then everyone suddenly remembers them. But when the person is alive and suffering, nobody cares. In fact, people gossip, they mock, and they say `attention seeker.` I`ve experienced it too. That`s why I don`t talk about my struggles with people anymore.”
The actress went on to add, “I share them only with a few close ones or sometimes even with Al because I know people will just add masala to the story and talk behind my back. And that`s the sad part. Technology can help, but it can never replace human connection. Al can listen, but it cannot feel. We, as a society, need to wake up before it`s too late. Because this is not just data; these are lives.”
She further shared that many people have faced massive loss, especially in the aftermath of COVID-19, in terms of jobs, stability, or even loved ones. Pratiksha also noted that the struggle has intensified in the industry too, with payments decreasing significantly while earnings remain nearly the same as they were back in 2018 ог 2019.
She further added, “The statistics are terrifying. As someone who has personally gone through a very dark phase after losing my father, I can completely understand what those people must be feeling. Everyone says, `Be strong, be strong, but when you reach that point when you actually think about suicide, it`s not about strength or weakness.”
