Actress Shruti Haasan has discussed pursuing therapy and discovering she had an anxiety disorder while speaking in a candid interview on March 9.
Talking to entertainment news portal Pinkvilla in a video interview posted after International Women’s Day, the daughter of actors Kamaal Hasaan and Sarika Thakur also opened up about the beginnings of her mental health issues.
“Getting on stage was a phobia for the longest time. When I started singing and performing on stage, since I was 19 I was in music school, I would get these symptoms of really bad anxiety,” the actress said. “But I just thought I was not steely, courageous or strong enough for this big bad world. It took me many years, I think actually into my 30s to realise that I had an anxiety disorder.”