Ankita Lokhande participated in Bigg Boss 17 last year. The Pavitra Rishta actress joined the Salman Khan show as a contestant alongside her husband Vikas Jain. The aftermath of their participation in Bigg Boss 17 has been quite intense. People were trolling the couple due to their equation inside the house. Bigg Boss is not an easy show and it brings out the worst more often than the good. And the same thing happened with Ankita and Vicky. The ups and downs in their journey, their fights got more flak than support. Post-Bigg Boss as well, they had a difficult time coming out of the show and the strong reactions from netizens also impacted them. Ankita has opened up on the same in her recent interview.
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Ankita Lokhande shares she got anxiety after Bigg Boss 17
In conversation with an online Entertainment News portal, Ankita Lokhande revealed that she suffered a lot after the Salman Khan-hosted reality TV show ended. The Swatantrya Veer Savarkar actress reveals she started having anxiety issues. She would discuss slipping into depression with Vicky Jain. She later realised that it was anxiety. The actress reveals she could not sleep the whole night and would keep thinking about this or that. Ankita also started getting palpitations because of the same. “Mujhe Khauf hogaya tha cheezon ka but now everything is fine. Ye sab cheezein theek hui because I had the support of my entire family,” she tells Etimes.
Ankita talks about the severity of anxiety and depression in today’s time
The Bigg Boss 17 actress shares that anxiety and depression are not taken very seriously in our country. She credits Vicky and her family for helping her come out of it. Ankita says that it is because of their help now she doesn’t get affected anymore. Ankita says that she has gone back to her previous self. After Bigg Boss, the actress admits she was mentally in a very bad place. And now that she is out of it, she doesn’t want to think about it at all.
Watch this video of Ankita Lokhande and Vicky Jain here:
On the work front, after starring in Swatantrya Veer Savarkar, the actress recently featured in Laa Pila De Sharab with Vicky Jain and Animal fame Saurabh Sachdeva.