Actor Faysal Quraishi shared mental health awareness matters in Pakistan
Faysal Quraishi has said something that’s really hit home for a lot of people: “Mental health par khamoshi nahi, samajhdari zaroori hai”. Basically, it means we need to be smart about mental health and stop being quiet about it. In Pakistan, people often hide their problems or act like everything’s OK, so what he said is super important.
For a long time, there’s been a lot of shame and misunderstanding around mental health in Pakistan. People think if you’re struggling with anxiety or depression, it means you’re weak or not religious enough. This makes people suffer in silence.
Faith and Treatment Can Work Together
Faysal Quraishi makes a great point: faith and medicine aren’t enemies. Prayer and believing in something can make you feel better inside, but seeing a doctor and therapist can give you real solutions.
If you just rely on faith and ignore medical help, things can get worse. Mental health problems are like any other illness—you need to get checked out, watched over, and treated by someone who knows what they’re doing. It’s not going against your beliefs to do this; it’s just being smart.
Anxiety and Depression: It’s Not Your Fault
One of the worst things people think in Pakistan is that if you have a mental health problem, it means you’re a bad person or you had a bad upbringing. Faysal Quraishi says that’s just not true. Anxiety and depression are real illnesses.
You wouldn’t think twice about going to the doctor for diabetes or a heart problem, right? So, it should be normal to get help if you’re feeling down or anxious. Mental health problems can affect anyone, no matter how successful, religious, or popular they are. The first step to feeling better is admitting that this is true.
The Pain of Staying Silent
When people feel like they can’t talk about their problems, it just makes things worse. If they don’t get help, they start feeling guilty and ashamed. Over time, this can mess up their relationships, their jobs, their health, and just their whole lives.
Faysal Quraishi is telling people to break this silence. Getting treatment isn’t a sign of weakness. It means you’re aware of what’s going on, you’re taking responsibility for your health, and you respect yourself. Staying quiet might seem easier, but understanding and getting help can save lives.
When Famous People Speak Up
When famous people talk about things that are hard to talk about, it makes it easier for everyone else. Faysal Quraishi is helping to make mental health a normal thing to discuss in Pakistan.
He’s making families, parents, and young people rethink what they thought they knew. He’s also letting people who are struggling know that they’re not alone and that it’s OK to get help.
How to Really Heal: Know, Accept, Act
To really heal, you need to know what’s going on, accept it, and do something about it. Mental health awareness in Pakistan can’t move forward unless people feel like they can talk, get help, and get support without being judged.
Believing in something and getting help from doctors, praying and going to therapy, having hope and getting professional care—that’s how you really take care of yourself. Faysal Quraishi is reminding us that we won’t find healing if we pretend there’s no problem. We need to understand what’s going on.
Mental health is just as important as physical health. We need to give it the same attention and respect. If we stop being silent and start getting informed care, Pakistan can become a happier and kinder place.
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