Ananya Panday reveals she struggled with mental health due to social media trolling

Bollywood actress Ananya Panday has caught everyone's attention since the time she made her debut in Karan Johar's 'Student of the Year 2.' She has been the center of the nepotism debate and time and again she got trolled for her statements. Recently, Ananya spoke her heart out about dealing with social media hate and trolling. She revealed that she would break down and not want to go on sets.

Ananya Panday reveals taking therapy sessions

In a recent interview with Barkha Dutt's We The Women, Call Me Bae Ananya reveals taking therapy due to the social media trolling. Before Ananya, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, Sanya Malhotra and other celebs spoke their hearts out about struggling with mental health.

She said, 'I have done therapy in the past, I am not as regular now. I could not articulate my emotions. I used to just feel very, very down. The thing, I sometimes feel with mental health and social media, is that you may read something in the moment and you may not realise that it is affecting you, because you think 'I am fine right now, I am having a good day, I am in the car, I am busy'. I will read a comment and I will ignore it. But weeks later, it could still be there in your subconscious somewhere and things that like really pile up. With therapy, I was just able to consolidate my feelings and articulate my thoughts a little better.'

Ananya, who is the daughter of actor Chunky Panday and Fabulous Lives Vs Bollywood Wives star Bhavna Pandey also spoke about having stigma attached to talking about mental health, but it has gotten a lot better. Bhavana also spoke about taking therapy as she said, 'I was in therapy for about a year, maybe a little longer. I still take therapy off and on when I find things I can't handle on my own. Her (Ananya) trolling affected me more than it affected her. I was an overly sensitive person, but I've become stronger. Even now, I sometimes take therapy during such times. I also talk a lot to Chunky, who is my best friend, but it's biased sometimes'.

Ananya spoke about getting trolled in the worst way as she said, 'Honestly, a lot has been said about me, so I can't really choose one moment... sometimes when I can't control a narrative that makes me upset. For instance, when I started out, in my first year (in films), someone made a fake account on Instagram, and they started writing they were in school with me and said I lied about my education and getting into college. First, I was like, 'No one is going to believe that'. But people did believe it... somedays, I definitely don't want to be on social media... when I was in school, I had been called everything from hunchback to flat chest to chicken leg and hairy. But we were in a bubble, and now, because of social media, the smallest of voices can be amplified across the world, and this is definitely a scary time'.