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‘Every moment for me is anxious’: Alia Bhatt reveals how Ranbir Kapoor calms her down

‘Every moment for me is anxious’: Alia Bhatt reveals how Ranbir Kapoor calms her down

Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor with daughter Raha

Alia Bhattrecently disclosed that she has been diagnosed with clinical anxiety. She appeared on sister-in-law Kareena Kapoor Khan’s podcast, What Women Want, the Jigra actress spoke about her anxious moments and receiving support from her husband, Ranbir Kapoor.

Diagnosed with clinical anxiety

On the podcast, Bhatt said, “I’m clinically diagnosed with anxiety. Every moment for me is anxious, like worst-case scenario all the time.”

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Bhattrecounted the day she and her husband decided to reveal their daughter Raha’s face and let her be photographed by the paparazzi as part of her media debut. She said that she was anxious about the moment, but her husband calmed her down.

Bhattadded, “He understood that and said, ‘Okay, now you’re going to get really anxious, so let’s talk about it.’ We discussed everything from Bandra to Juhu, and eventually, I realised this is just part of life."

Paparazzi meet

On the podcast, Bhatt also spoke about how the public reacted when they did not see Raha’s face for the longest time after her birth. She confessed, “I still get little uncomfortable, I'll be honest like, don't flash in eyes guys and like you know whatever and all, but I also realised there's only love for her and she's a beautiful baby.”

In December 2023, Bhatt revealed how she deals with anxiety in an AMA on Instagram. She wrote, “We all have certain things that might trigger our anxiety – for example, I find myself getting very worked up with any sudden change or a situation I have no control over... but it took me a long while to understand that... so prior to any of these moments, I just try and be aware of it and if it's too much, I allow myself to check out and feel the way I feel.”

Latest film

Bhatt’s latest film Jigra released on October 11 in Hindi and Telugu, is directed by Vasan Bala. Actors Vedang Raina, Manoj Pahwa, Rahul Ravindran, and Vivek Gomber are also an integral part of the film.