actress shrenu parikh who had tested positive for covid19 in july last year and recovered after spending a few days at the hospital says that we must take care of our mental health and also try to help each other during these challenging times professionally the actress was about to start shooting for a new project but with shoots getting cancelled in mumbai it has been postponed indefinitely talking to us shrenu says the project is on hold right now and this has been a challenging phase for actors who have suffered monetary losses having said that i dont want to complain because our losses are nothing compared to what people like daily wagers are going through at the moment many people are struggling to arrange for two meals daily and i feel really pained to see so much suffering all around the ishqbaaaz actress who is usually pretty active on social media has been using the medium primarily to amplify messages seeking help she tells us apart from amplifying messages to help others i dont feel like posting anything on social media this is not the time to flaunt our vacation photos or anything like that the second wave of the pandemic has been really devastating in our country and most of us have lost loved ones to covid19 i am trying to associate myself with teams of volunteers in different cities who have been doing a commendable job by helping the needy during these stressful times talking about the importance of mental health the actress tells us i have interacted with a lot of strangers also in the last few weeks its time for us to be there for each other it feels really sad when someone doesnt survive even after all the efforts to save them at times all this negativity and bad news gets really overwhelming and i face anxiety issues as i keep thinking about the wellbeing of my loved ones sometimes i switch off completely from social media to deal with it i feel that everyone has their own coping mechanism to deal with stress and anxiety which includes dancing there is no formula that works for everyone