EX-PRINCE HARRY
Member of the British royal family.
EX-PRINCE HARRY
Member of the British royal family.
In a 2017 interview with the telegraph, Prince Harry talked about the “complete chaos” he experienced two decades after his mother’s death, after years of denying that he was struggling with grief.
Listening to injured servicemen and servicewomen talk about their own mental health issues turned around his understanding. now he works to end the stigma around mental illness.
“I know there is huge merit in talking about your issues, and the only thing about keeping it quiet is that it’s only ever going to make it worse.” he said.
During a recent visit to cape town, South Africa, the duke and duchess met surf mentors from waves for change, a non-governmental organisation that offers mental health support to vulnerable young people through evidence-based mind and body therapy.
While meeting members of the organisation on the beach, prince harry discussed the distinction between mental health and mental illness.
“I think most of the stigma is around mental illness, we need to separate the two… mental health, which is every single one of us, and mental illness, which could be every single one of us (…)
But I think they need to be separated. the mental health element touches on so much of what we’re exposed to, these experiences that these kids and every single one of us have been through” - the duke said.
