Talk To Parents When In Stress: Actor Deepika Tells Students

New Delhi: Identify the cause of your stress and express it to someone you can trust, Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone has told school students during an interaction on PM's Parisha Pe Charcha aired on Wednesday.

The actor shared insights on mental health, stress management and how to stay calm during exams at a special session of 'Pariksha Pe Charcha', an annual event in which the Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with students appearing for board examinations. "I think competition and comparison is a part of life. Competition is not a bad thing, but recognising our strengths and weaknesses, focusing more on our strengths, and working on our weaknesses is probably the only way to do it," Padukone said during the session.

The actor shared her struggle with depression and also advised the students to learn to derive happiness from their own strengths. "To manage stress, talk to your parents the night before exams. Identify the cause of your stress and express it to someone you can trust,” she said during the interaction broadcast on Wednesday. Eminent personalities like Boxer MC Mary Kom and spiritual leader Sadhguru have also shared their experiences and knowledge with students on key aspects of life and learning in different episodes of Pariksha Pe

Charcha this year.