The Dream Box - June Edition E-magazine June Edition_v1.0 | Page 5

INTERVIEW Shivangi Mohite Soumya Ranjan Mishra, a cyclist who has been on several amazing journeys, some special ones being Pune-Mumbai-Pune in one day and also a trip from Bangalore to Goa. He had suffered from depression and has made his way out of it following his passion. Read below to know more. Tell us a little bit more about your passion Well, a passion is something that would keep you awake at nights and my love ‘adventure’ doesn’t do that to me for sure, she instead gifts me with some of the best sleeps. But not to mention, she’s on my mind half the time I’m awake. Adventure according to me could be anything that involves you getting a constructive experience, you would be preparing a new dish today or simply trying one, would you be proposing her out for a date or sitting in your cabin doing your research work or would you be willing enough to risk it to be at places, be in situations and push yourself, as long as the thing you’re doing robs you of your yourself and fills that space with some of the most desirable feeling. I could muster enough courage one day to go from Bangalore to Goa on a bicycle, it would be my first ride, since I had some holiday left and I was also struggling with my emotions and thought process back then that need sorting, and that was the start. THE DREAM BOX What does depression mean, to you? How did you land there? Well, every one of us face problems in life and depression according to me is something different. It eats you from within. To be a bit more accurate, it is a feeling of being in a deep muddy swamp, the similarities are- you’re constrained, you’re in mess, the more you stay the deeper you sink The symptoms may be same for most of us but the reasons could be different, mine was that I started doubting myself, which I later realised I shouldn’t have, I had insecurities, because my plans weren’t working out and upon realisation of the fact that not every need of yours is fulfilled. I would refrain from saying that the world is a nasty place, and contrary to the statement it cannot be more beautiful and awesome than it is, just that we make a mistake about assuming how things work here and so when we look at practicalities our logic breaks down and we go with it. SOME INSPIRING PEOPLE 5