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Why does this loss feel like a personal one to a lot of us?!
My personal opinion on this.

It's been a week. Last Sunday at around 2.30 PM, my best friend sent me a SS and I was stunned to see this heartbreaking news about this exceptional human. 1/n

I absorbed it quite quickly. As a Doctor, I'm used to hearing such news and then I went numb. My sister was literally in tears.I was consoling her.Trying,with little success.She kept saying it's a conspiracy.Still does.We weren't huge fans but we've been following his journey 2/n

Since he was in Pavitra Rishta.This jolly, always smiling,humble,as he seemed,had that vibes or aura around him. He seemed like a good human. And he was extremely cute. His smile
And after he came to Bollywood with Kai Po Che, his talent was visible on the big screen. 3/n

After M. S. Dhoni, I became a huge fan!
His acting skills, his dedication, frame by frame. Stupendous.
Now, why it feels like a personal loss to many?
I think, it's because a lot of people could actually relate with his journey.
The way he struggled his way up..
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A lot of us middle class children and parents dream of that. To chase our passions fearlessly, risking it all, and them succeeding in them. That's a Dream of many..no matter what field or stream. He did it. He was always cheered for his passion and his talent by most
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For us middle class children and especially the small towners, leaving our homes behind to pursue our dreams,is inevitable,because we're passionate.We're driven. Much like him.
He went to this big city with big dreams & the Chakachaund of the City always catches one off guard 6/n

He worked his way up, like many of us do. He made name and fame. But then, his success was intolerable to the Bullies, the Mafia, anybody relate? I do!
We witness such people everywhere, insecure of their own talents and capabilities,they hinder people's growth.7/n
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Ask yourselves, does his journey not feel relatable to you?
A small towner, middle class guy with big big dreams and aspirations and tremendous capabilities and such noble thoughts and deeds in his bag, bullied into Silence. Into despair.
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I think it's the Relatability that makes it feel so so personal.
We strive our way up, slog our asses but the privileged, the rich, the "star kids" in our lives and the Chamchas of our bosses get preferred over us.
It's fairly common in Medical field too. I think everywhere. 9/n

To me, it's even more so disturbing because it's presumably a Su!c!de. As someone who's driven by #Mentalhealth and the attention it needs,especially in our country, it affected me beyond I could have imagined.I haven't been sleeping. My mind doesn't stop thinking about him. 10/n

I have seen people arguing why we're being sad on only a Celebrity's death, and I understand their point of view, but Celebrity deaths do affect a lot of people. Especially the way they're reported in our country. And when it's a Su!c!de, they want and assume all the dirt. 11/n

I'm not affected because he was a Celebrity, I'm affected because he ended his own life. I understand the courage it takes to take such a step, contrary to the popular belief that people who take those steps are weak.
It's not an easy decision to end everything for yourself 12/n

And it's usually more than just one reason. From my personal experience, I think when the one thing, the last thing that you had been holding your hopes upon, goes sideways,a person sees no ray of hope and chooses this. And it's usually more than one thing.Several things 13/n

We don't know. We only know or speculate the immediate cause, not the journey of that person, not his childhood trauma, not his midlife crisis, not his experiences through life.
It's more than just one thing.
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I'd like to end on why #MentalHealthAwareness is the need of the hour.
Celebrities have admirers. Their de@ths have repercussions. People who were already on the edge of taking such a step may now feel motivated to do so, celebrities have fans,4 of his fans have already done 15/n

Talk to the people around you. Check on a friend who has been distant, who has been struggling. See if your parents need you to talk to them more often, see if your kids or siblings are shutting themselves in. It's the hardest on Teenagers and Adolescents.
Be approachable.
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I admire #SushantSingh for everything he was. For all the philanthropy, philosophy, physics, acting, generous gestures he made.
While I cried when he died in #kaipoche , I had never thought I'd have to see this for real.
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