mobanmarketComedian Tanmay Bhat, who rose to fame with comedy collective AIB, says he has been suffering with clinical depression.
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He was suspended last October following complaints of not acting against sexual harassment allegations made regarding his colleague Utsav Chakraborty.
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Bhat on Sunday took to Instagram and uploaded a series of videos, sharing how the subsequent events after his suspension have left a toll on his mental health.
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“After everything that happened in October, I’m mentally checked out. I feel almost paralysed and unable to participate socially, online or even offline. I think a big part of my self worth growing up as someone who looked like me became my work. For most of my adult life I worked at a company that I was trying to build,” said Bhat.
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“And having to watch the letting the office go, all the people who worked with us, having to say good bye to that took a toll on me mentally and physically which finally came to a headway around the end of the last year and doctors told me that I am suffering from clinical depression and told me to consider doing something about it.”
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Last month, AIB issued a statement and announced that Bhat would no longer be their CEO.
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Sharing what’s he up to now, Bhat said: “A lot of you have been asking fair questions — why don’t you move on, why don’t you rebuild, all fair advice but for some reason, I have just watched something that I have worked for last part of my adult life come crashing down. I have just been staring at the rubble going ‘what now?’
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“I don’t think I’ve been strong enough to be able to pick myself. It’s been a few months since the doctor told me to start medication. I honestly sometimes get super worried that this state of paralysis is permanent. I sometimes feel I might never get back to being who I was or operating to my potential.”
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He also thanked people for supporting him.
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“It’s nice to know there are still people out there who are rooting for us and me. I am still clueless about any answers to questions like when will I be back and doing what. I don’t know. I’m still feeling extremely paralysed to even put out this message because in my head no one wants to work with a depressed comedian and that’s an oxymoron.
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“But at some point, I just got to get up and start fixing this stuff. I owed you guys a thank you. That’s all for now,” he added.
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After opening up his battle with depression, many artists came out in support of him.
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Singer-composer Vishal Dadlani commented: “No rush, no pressure, take all the time you need to figure it out, but know that there is a world of love for you out there.”
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Comedian Kenny Sebastian wrote: “You have gone through so much and come out wiser and stronger, this will be no different.”