msc student pravin kumar pawar was showing signs of depression following an incident in college i had scored badly in a test and the teacher screamed at me in front of the entire class for that having a teacher scold you in front of so many people can be very insulting and i felt horrible quips pravin he further adds i was quite upset after and isolating myself from my friends in fact one friend even came up to me and we ended up in a fight and i said things i should not have when you have such a mental breakdown you are not in control of what you say or do that is the thing when you suppress emotions you have such breakdowns which can hurt those around you it is very important to share what you are feeling vent out and just speak whatever is in your mind in a population of more than one hundred and thirty crore people in the country 75 per cent of the population is facing major or minor mental illness states a report by the world health organisation another report by the national mental health survey of india 201516 found nearly 98 million of young indians aged between 1317 years are in need of active interventions contrary to the earlier times families today are nuclear and put higher level of expectations onto the children earlier there were more sources of income in a family which is not the case now these expectations combined with stress low knowledge of coping mechanisms inadequate social support peer pressure and social hierarchies found in colleges have led to an increase in stress anxiety and depression shares natasha dcruz a clinical psychologist further adding additionally the youth is not accustomed to setbacks having lived at home the entire time students are used to being successful with most things however moving out also brings in the first failures they face alone which can affect them massivelyakshay chavan a founding member of fergusson colleges mental health initiative listening club shares we get a lot of calls from students where they have problems such as being forced into a particular study stream a variety of relationship problems high expectations from family and the fear of not getting a job pravin had spoken to akshay after seeing the listening clubs post on social media as a listening club we let the people stay anonymous and call us to speak their hearts out we have a handy list of psychologists and psychiatrists to recommend to the people who need them says group member nitin jadhav the third person in the group is dhanashri patil who says the people who call us with problems solve it themselves by speaking about it so much we do not advice anybody as we are not psychologists but we do share our personal stories if needed akshay continues the discussion saying i myself have suffered from depression which was my main motive of starting this club