Amaal Mallik cut ties with family; fans show support

The Indian music composer and singer wrote an emotional post on Instagram, sharing he has been clinically depressed for a while.

Singer Amaal Mallik shocked fans when he shared a long and emotional post on Instagram. Amaal, the elder brother of singer Armaan Malik and son of Daboo Malik and Jyothi Malik, is also the nephew of Bollywood music composer Anu Malik. He shared that he is cutting ties with his family and has been clinically depressed for a while. Fans have since been showing him support on social media.

Amaal Mallik pens a long note about cutting ties with family.

He penned a lengthy note on Instagram, sharing that he has chosen to cut ties with his parents as they disturbed his well-being and self-confidence in the last few years. In the note, Amaal wrote, “I’ve reached a point where I can no longer keep silent about the pain I’ve endured. For years, I’ve been made to feel like I am less in spite of spending days and nights toiling away to make a safe life for people. Cancelled every dream of mine to only find myself to be spoke down to and question what I’ve ever done. I have spent my blood, sweat & tears to create each of the 126 melodies that have released over the last decade.” He added, “Through the last many years, they have left no opportunity to disturb my well-being & belittle all my friendships, my relationships, my mindset, my self-confidence. But I just kept marching on because I know I can, and I believe I’m unshakable.”

“I am clinically depressed.”

He went to write in his note, “But today I stand at a point where I have been robbed of my peace, drained emotionally & maybe financially too but that’s the least of my concerns. What really matters is that I am clinically depressed because of these happenings. Yes I have only myself to blame for my actions but my self-worth has been diminished countless times by actions of near and dear ones that stole pieces of my soul.” Amaal concluded, “From now on, my interactions with my family will be strictly professional. This isn’t a decision made in anger but one born from the necessity to heal and reclaim my life. I refuse to let the past rob me of my future any longer. I am committed to rebuilding my life, piece by piece, with honesty and strength.”

Fans react to his post.

One fan wrote, “More power to him. May he recover well and keep up with his passion for music. Hoping others going through the same to take a stand for themselves and do everything possible to heal from such deep scars. No child deserves this man!!” Another fan wrote, “Younger child will always be the parents’ favourite and the elder one is always asked to adjust and compromise from childhood itself.” One more wrote, “This is so sad! Feeling betrayed by your own family is the worst ever… you can never completely distance yourself from them no matter how toxic and abusive it gets.”