Amitabh Bachchan pens important post on alarming effects of COVID-19 on mental health
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has been undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at a hospital in Mumbai, has shared his thoughts about being in isolation for the past weeks and the effects it can have on the mental health of all those being treated for the same.
In a blog post, highlighting the effects the disease can have on mental health, partly owing to the inability to be in contact with people. He said, “There is no one about or around .. and the freedom to be able to do that will extend…”
Bachchan wrote on his blog, “In the darkness of the night and the shiver of the cold room, I sing .. eyes shut in attempted sleep .. there is no one about or around .. and the freedom to be able to do that will extend I know if in the Will of the Almighty there is release…There is one note of matter that seems trivial but it is a factor .. the mental conditions and the effects of the disease .. clinically, medically all that is known to be effective, yet very little is known that remains hidden unseen and not visible .. matters of the mind often are not …”
