“Anxiety Will Not Define Me”–A Successful Designer’s Story

[Music] foreign how are you today would you be my friend my one of my very very close friends since kindergarten and I've known you for a long time I have also realized that you've suffered from anxiety disorder for a long long time would you like to share your journey around that um yeah absolutely I think I've had it all my life um and I struggled with not feeling happy and overthinking for several years and I you know saw people not understand something that actually friendly even I did not and then at a certain point I realized that I was not going I was not going to let it Define me that I was much more than an anxious person so I consulted a doctor put onto some medication did a little bit of therapy and I I'm sharing this because I want everybody to understand that it is something which is very common in today's time and it has to be something that you deal with to be able to live a fulfilling and value creating life so what made you realize that you had this I mean how did you even have the realization that you were suffering from it uh I saw um I saw myself worried about things that I saw other people were not um I I felt very anxious about the smallest things possible and so I as I read about it and researched on Google I figured that there was something not right and I needed to fix it so it was self-discovery that made you go to a doctor absolutely and um uh I you know I would definitely say that if anybody is uncomfortable in not being able to live a fulfilling life or a complete life then they should consult somebody to figure out what's happening don't be yeah and talking about it is really good to help right yeah it's such a bad issue people don't want to talk about it at all and people are embarrassed of it and which is why I'm doing this session because I feel you know it's all right it's all right to be anxious it's also all right to be depressed and share and you know confide and let everybody support you through it and that's the way to work through it all my friends all of you have really supported me through this yeah yeah no I've seen you grow a lot and not only that I also know you are a world-renowned dress designer you've gone through a lot of different Journeys in your life uh share something that you've been doing recently and you've done in the past and yet the accolades that you've got I am absolutely passionate about design um it it really is something that I thoroughly enjoy to do and I've just had to balance my anxiety with the amount of work I've put in so that I continue to enjoy what I do currently I'm teaching in a very prestigious Institute Pearl Academy in Jaipur and um I thoroughly enjoy myself and because I'm aware just the fact that I came out in the open and shared with everybody that I have an anxiety disorder it took a huge burden of my chest and I've been able to you know through my work as at fashion shows and as a teaching person as a faculty as a consultant I've been able to I feel bring out the best Within Me absolutely and it's a big burden like I'm saying again it's a big burden of my chest to be able to share with people that I have this issue and um so that's it great thank you so much thank you [Music] thank you