Not many know that the ever-smiling Deepika Padukone had to go through depression for a long period of time. While the industry calls the year 2014 as one of the best times of Deepika's career, the actress recently confessed that her psychological health was all time low.

She exclaims the success came at the cost of the peace of her mind. "In early 2014, I was being appreciated for my work, one morning I got up feeling different. A day earlier, I had fainted on the sets due to exhaustion; it was all downhill from there," said Deepika.

She revealed that after sometime she confided in her mother, who took her to a friend who was a psychologist. Later she also went to a specialist and underwent medication as well as counseling to deal with the complexities of her life.

This was the reason, she explains, was why she decided to support the cause of mental health recently.