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The National Mental Health Survey of India 2015-16 found that nearly 10 per cent of the population were affected by common mental disorders, including depression, anxiety disorders and substance use disorders. (Photo: Getty Images)

Gursartaj Singh Nijjar recently disabled the read receipts facility on WhatsApp. “When you have these blue ticks, which tell that people have seen your messages and have not replied — that makes me very anxious. So, I decided not to care if someone has read my messages or not, or whether I know that or not,” says the 30-year-old, who works at a startup in Delhi.