Originally posted by: Anusha16
Yes. It's quite hard to explain unless I am in that state actually right now. Maybe normal depression can be handled as how you said (Bold), but sometimes you experience this vast sense of emptiness that just leaves a void in you. Things that you love, new things you try... none help. That is what clinical depression is. Sometimes, your mind is attracted to the same things you experience (red) as a way of reaffirmation. It's kind of difficult to explain.
Green- I get it. I really do. You remind me of the notion I have heard from Telugu people (my colleagues) that they don't even like sad endings because it is too realistic, and entertainment isn't meant to be that way. But the way they showed unaliving attempts in this show is not how I would want them to show anything mental health related at all. If you show something have the spine to show it correctly. It isn't always possible to have lighthearted scenes all the time if you want relatability. Human lives have both sad and happy moments, and they should show them both.
If it is expected that characters behave realistically, then isn't it also within expectations that they break down and show depression as a real person would?
Bold- Telugu please let me know if this is true or not. I only repeated what my colleagues said lol.
I am a big movie buff...
So I have seen lots of telugu and Tamil movies.... Malayalam also... I can understand what you mean....
As much as I have seen Telugu movies prefer escaping into the world of celluloid...big celebration event movies...or mostly unabashed suspension of disbelief.... I think Tamil commercial movies also follow this...feel free to correct me ..
But in Tamil ,there are a lot of slice of life, relatable movies also...and even in their commercial movies they prefer relatability..
I mean VTV(vinnaithAndi varuvaya) had a bitter sweet... melancholic ending...
But it's Telugu remake Ye Maya chesave by same director had a happy ending...
That was fascinating to me ..
Bold; yes... though I won't say that I understand...as I am not in your shoes......but..this feeling of emptiness is a strange yet oddly familiar feeling to me.
However familiar it may be, it is never a comfortable feeling no matter how “used to it” we feel. The feeling of emptiness is a feeling of a lack of meaning or purpose in life. I too was a victim of this moment of despair at a certain point in my life...but for me it was for really brief period...
Sooo for this terrible feelings to last for years and you learn to live with it...is something I can't even imagine....
Edited by asmitamohanty - 1 years ago
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