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Sasural Simar Ka fame Dipika Kakar has opened up about the emotional turmoil of living with a cancer diagnosis. Despite receiving normal medical reports, the actor admitted that anxiety continues to haunt her and often leaves her feeling overwhelmed.
Dipika, who has been vocal about her ongoing treatment, appeared alongside her husband and actor Shoaib Ibrahim in her latest YouTube vlog. Sharing that each day brings its own emotional and physical challenges, she said, “It’s not that I feel overwhelmed all the time. There are days I feel genuinely happy and hopeful. There are days I believe everything is absolutely fine, and that despite such a major issue, things are still okay. Every day brings something different, and the only way forward is to keep going. And that’s exactly what we are trying to do. I’m going through an emotional breakdown right now. Alhamdulillah, all my reports are normal and things are moving in the right direction. But… there’s still that lingering fear in my heart, even when everything seems okay. I spoke to Somnath Sir about it, and he explained how anxiety works. Dr Imran Shaikh says the same.”
She added, “Every day I wake up dealing with something new. Sometimes my thyroid levels fluctuate. Hormonal changes affect the body in unexpected ways. My skin has become extremely dry. These past two days, the air has been so dry that the skin on my hands has started cracking. There’s this odd pressure I feel in my ears and neck. My nose feels uncomfortably dry too.”
Calling the treatment exhausting, Dipika Kakar further said, “You have to remind yourself that this is nothing — you have to get up and keep going. Like we always say, you have only two choices: sit with the fear and let it consume you, or confront it and move forward. And I believe the only way to fight through all of this is to keep moving. So don’t give up.”
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