Ira Khan shared this image. (courtesy khan.ira)
Strong points
- “Shouldn’t I ask for help?” wrote Ira Khan
- “I never told anyone about anything,” added Ira Khan
- Ira Khan opened up about his ordeal with depression last month
New Delhi:
Aamir Khan’s daughter, Ira Khan, is actively trying to de-stigmatize mental health by sharing a series of videos on her Instagram account.On World Mental Health Day (October 10) this year, Ira Khan shared a video in which she opened up about her battle for mental health. and revealed that she has been clinically depressed for over four years now. In her latest video, Ira talks about more than just mental health. She said she was subjected to senseless questions about her privilege. Ira explained why she feels depressed, her parents’ divorce and her “privilege”.
Sharing his message, Ira Khan wrote in his caption: “I never told anyone about anything because I assumed my privilege meant that I had to run my affairs on my own, or if there was something greater , people would need a better answer than “I don’t let” know. ‘ It made me feel like I needed a better answer and until I got that answer my feelings weren’t something I should bother someone else with. No problem. was not big enough to think too long. “
Ira touched on all the privileges she has gained from being the daughter of superstar Aamir Khan and still being diagnosed with depression. She added, “What would anyone do? I had it all. What would it say? I said it all. I still think there’s a little part of me that thinks I am. making it up, that I have nothing to feel bad about, that I don’t try hard enough, that I maybe overreacting. Old habits are dead. It’s taking me to feel the worst to make me think it’s bad enough to be taken seriously and no matter how many things i have how nice people are because of my dad how nice people are with me because they love me and care about me. “Ira asked clear and reasonable questions:” If I feel a certain way, a certain way not pleasant, then how many can rationally try to explain these things to me to myself? Shouldn’t I get up and try to fix things instead? What if I can’t do this on my own? Shouldn’t I ask for help? “
Ira also pointed out that contrary to what many might believe, her parents (Aamir Khan and his ex-wife Reena Dutta) the divorce cannot be attributed as a reason for her depression and she explained how. “When I was little, my parents divorced. But it didn’t seem like something that would traumatize me because my parents’ divorce was amicable. They are friends, the whole family is still friends. We are not a family broken by any mean. “She added,” My parents were very good at being parents to Junaid and I, even after the divorce and when people were like ‘Oh, I’m so sorry for’ learning about your parents ‘divorce, I’d be like,’ What are you talking about? That’s not a bad thing. Another privilege that I didn’t realize. It might be something that you might be afraid of. It doesn’t. didn’t scare me. I don’t remember most of them but I didn’t feel like my parents getting divorced is something that might bother me. So that can’t be the reason why I feel so sad. “
See Ira Khan’s post here:
HINDI VERSION – LINK IN BIO. I never told anyone about anything because I assumed my privilege meant I had to run my affairs on my own, or if there was something bigger it would make people have need a better answer than “I don’t know”. It made me feel like I needed a better answer and until I got that answer my feelings weren’t something I should bother someone else with. No problem was big enough to think about it too long. What would someone do? I had everything. What would someone say? I had said everything. I still think there’s a little part of me that thinks that I’m making this up, that I have nothing to feel bad about, that I’m not trying hard enough, that maybe I overreact. Old habits die hard. It takes me feeling the worst to make myself believe it’s bad enough to be taken seriously. And no matter how many things I have, how nice people are to me because of my dad, how nice people are to me because they love me and care about me .. .if I feel a certain way, a certain way not nice, then how many rationally can try to explain these things to me? Shouldn’t I get up and try to fix things instead? What if I can’t do this for myself? Shouldn’t I ask for help? . . . #mental health # privilege # depression #repression #divorce #sexualabuse #letstalk #betterlatethannever #letitout #depressionhelp #askforhelp
Ira is the younger of Aamir Khan’s two children with his first wife Reena Dutta. Ira studied music, while her brother Junaid often assists her father in making films. Ira makes her directorial debut with a theatrical adaptation of Euripides’ Medea, who played Hazel Keech in the lead role. Aamir Khan is now married to filmmaker Kiran Rao and the couple are parents to a son named Azad.
