Can't say I'm completely over my depression: Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone said Thursday that she is not over her depression. 

It was "such a bad experience", she said, that she worries continuously about having a relapse. 

"I don't think I can say that I'm completely over depression. There is always a fear at the back of my mind that I might have a relapse because it has been such a bad experience for me," PTI quoted her as saying.

Deepika was speaking at the India Economic Summit in New Delhi. 

Deepika was one of the first -- if not the first -- actors to speak out publicly about having been depressed, and getting help for it. 

That opened the floodgates. 

Not that other actors spoke about having been depressed, but for the next few months the media certainly carried the topic on its front pages. 

After having spoken out, Deepika also launched the Live Love Laugh Foundation, which champions the cause of mental health in India with a focus on depression. 

On Thursday, Deepika also spoke of how depression might have affected her career. 

She said she was not certain of it but it is possible that some producers did not give her work because she spoke up about (the stigmatic) depression. 

"Maybe there are people who haven't offered me films because they think I was depressed and I can't act. Maybe, I don't know," PTI quoted her as saying. 

PTI added that Deepika is now batting for the introduction of mental health in school curriculum.

She said that should help do away with the stigma attached to depression.