Meghan Markle often has talked about his mental health and how he struggled with it while in the UK, where he was working as a senior member of the British royal family before resigning and moving to the US with her family: her husband, Prince Harry, and their son Archie.
In his recent podcast episode, which came out after a hiatus following the death of his grandmother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth II – who died last month at the age of 96 – the Duchess of Sussex spoke further about her state of mind and how she struggled with thoughts of self-harm.
Meghan joined the guests deepika padukonewho has long been a mental health advocatehaving suffered from depression herself, and Constance Wu and Jenny Slate.
During the podcast, the duchess said that her husband helped her communicate with a mental health professional when he was at his lowest point and feeling his “worst point”. She told Deepika: “I mean, I think at my worst, I was finally connected to someone who, you know, my husband had found a reference for me to call. And I called this woman, she didn’t even know she was calling her.”
She also told the ‘Piku‘ actor that the woman was perhaps checking out at a grocery store when she took the call, as the Duchess could hear the “little beep-beep.” While it took the professional a while to realize that she was talking to Meghan, the latter desperately admitted: “I need help.”
“And I could hear the terrible state I was in,” the duchess continued, adding that it’s vital for all of us to be “really honest about what it is that you need and not be afraid to make peace with that.” to ask for it.”
Before this, when the Duke and Duchess had sat down for a explosive revealing interview with Oprah Winfrey by March 2021, they had spoken about the mental and emotional ramifications of working within the royal “institution” and how they had been treated by UK tabloids.
Meghan had said that she had suicidal thoughts while pregnant with her first child.
“I was really embarrassed to say it at the time, and embarrassed to have to admit it especially to Harry, because I know how much loss has he suffered. But she knew if she didn’t say it, he would, and she just didn’t want to be alive anymore. And that was a very clear, real and terrifying constant thought, “the duchess had revealed.
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