Alia Bhatt Breaks Down As She Talks About Sister Shaheen’s Depression At An Event!

Alia Bhatt’s sister, Shaheen Bhatt, has struggled with depression for quite some time and is quite vocal about it to raise awareness about mental health. In fact, she has also written a book, I’ve Never Been (Un) Happier and Alia Bhatt had written how it broke her heart to know that her sister had to go through it. Shaheen and Alia were a part of an event, We The Women, yesterday and Shaheen talked about her mental health and how she overcame it at the event which was being moderated by journalist Barkha Dutt.

During the event, while Shaheen was talking about her mental health, Alia Bhatt broke down. Alia said that she felt proud and heartbroken at the same time hearing about Shaheen and her battle with depression. Alia, who is 5 years younger to Shaheen, even expressed her guilt for not being able to understand her many a times and revealed that she felt terrible as a sister.

In anearlier social media post, Shaheen had revealed that she has been suffering from depression ever since she was 13 years old. She also spoke about it at length and said that she prefers to say that she lives with depression rather than battling it.