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I think harry is really brave

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ssd · 21/05/2021 09:18

Talking about his mental health. Starting talking is the hardest bit. I have to start the conversation and i cant. And i can usually talk for Britain.
I admire him.

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DelilahDingleberry · 21/05/2021 11:00

“For the money”. Again - he would have had more money if he had stayed.

ThursdayWeld · 21/05/2021 11:00

Actually I think his programs will help other people's mental health. Because they might think to themselves "Wow, if even a Prince can have poor mental health, perhaps I can too?" and not feel they have to deny their feelings.

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 21/05/2021 11:01

I can only see/hear contradictions every time he opens his mouth. If he said it was raining I'd have to check outside, he's an embarrassment it's such a shame.

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 21/05/2021 11:02

He's hardly the first rich/famous/successful person to draw attention to mental health issues.

LeilaLiesLow · 21/05/2021 11:03

How many of us have perfect parents?

How many of us ARE perfect parents?

Exactly.

And how many of us whether in counselling or not, would take to the media and criticise our families who are still alive?

Every single person could blame their parents and upbringing for something. I could. But I talk to my friends and DH about it when I need to.

Talking to the media and causing so much pain to your parent and grandparents who simply did their best at the time, is cruel and shows a lack of maturity.

MuddySocks · 21/05/2021 11:04

I think, if anything, he's had too much therapy.

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HeraInTheHereAndNow · 21/05/2021 11:05

Sorry OP, I disagree.

I think Harry has gone over the line with his what appears to be endless “poor me” interviews. I agree, you can be very privileged and wealthy and still suffer from the effects of devastating life events which cause poor mental health and yet... he’s doing nothing (and it’s not his job, I know) for those who are not in his position and cannot even access counselling/treatment/help.

He’s starting to get on my nerves.

ExConstance · 21/05/2021 11:05

I'm sure that a couple of years down the line he will be complaining about Ophra in the same way the participants on the Jeremy Kyle show complained about that.

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HeadNorth · 21/05/2021 11:06

This will not go well OP. Harry is the current Mumsnet whipping boy and everything he and Meghan do is wrong. Posters have to track down and analyse their every utterance and action in order that they can disapprove of it.

Personally, I think he did well to get away from the wildly dysfunctional RF and vile British tabloid press and don't pay much attention beyond that. But raising awareness of mental health and that it can impact on anyone is a good thing.

MirroredWindows · 21/05/2021 11:06

The problem is, it's so incredibly hard to sympathise with him.

I don't for one minute want to take away from his experiences or his pain, because it's evident he suffered an awful loss.

However, whether he likes it or not, he is a public figure, he cannot change that, and I feel personally he conducts himself in such a way that really pisses people off, and that therefore detracts from his cause and his issues, and people struggle to feel compassion for him. There are hundreds of high profile people who manage to conduct non scandalous lives and keep out of the public eye. I can't help think he is a little calculated and it doesn't sit right with me.

TheMostHappy · 21/05/2021 11:06

I've been in meetings all morning and only caught a snippet. Is it true that he really believes
that he suffered neglect??

User135792468 · 21/05/2021 11:07

If I had titled your post, I would have written “I think Harry is a real knob”. I can’t believe he is doing this to his own family. Hopefully Archie never does that to him.

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 21/05/2021 11:07

My overriding impression is that it's all motivated by sour grapes because things didn't go as he's hoped.

ThePluckOfTheCoward · 21/05/2021 11:08

"BRAVE"? Nah, not the word I'd use but then that word is bandied about so much about that it has lost some of its currency. I'm all in favour of people talking about their mental health, but to qualified professionals and maybe their immediate family, not to a tv presenter.

Lampzade · 21/05/2021 11:08

I agree Op
Don’t care what the naysayers say, I am not bothering to read any of their nasty posts.
He’s happy with his wife and child in the USA.

Summercocktailsinthesnow · 21/05/2021 11:09

I wonder how this is really going to go down with the A listers?

I would imagine many will be taking a big step back not wishing for any of this to rub off on their own branding and creditability. If it were a positive venture into enlightenment and support, charitable and helpful that would probably be different, but it is coming across as crass public mud slinging. I can see H&M being marginalised now in LA and the US.

We will see a new invention of H&M soon, rebranded elsewhere.

KFleming · 21/05/2021 11:10

I honestly believe William & Harry are so different behavior wise because they're not related.

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Summercocktailsinthesnow · 21/05/2021 11:10

He’s happy with his wife and child in the USA

There are many things we have learnt in the last few months, Harry being 'happy' is not one of them. Sorry.

Shouldershrugger · 21/05/2021 11:10

I FELT sorry for him and Meghan in the beginning. But at this point, I would appreciate it if he would just fuck off. Such a whiny man. We all have problems and issues. Go away. Enjoy the family you do have. Go live your life. Like you said you wanted to.

HeraInTheHereAndNow · 21/05/2021 11:10

Oh, and my own parents were shite. Father a violent alcoholic and mother who refused to leave him and so put her kids into the care of other family members but then kept taking us back to the “family home”. Only to endlessly repeat the process over and over and over.

None of my friends knew what was going on. My oldest and closest friend was utterly shocked to learn that I grew up in this way as she’d always imagined I’d come from a wealthy, stable home environment.

We were poor and we got on with things. I’m not saying that’s right but I haven’t spent my entire life going on about it and when I was Harry’s age, I was busy doing shift work and trying to make ends meet/get my career going. I’m not a strong person mentally but I do my best.

Fernie6491 · 21/05/2021 11:11

As soon as I saw that report had come out I said to DH that it would give Harry the excuse to whine on for about another ten years. He's made a profession out of it.

He would do better to get a proper job and take his mind off it and give his mind a chance to be distracted for a while, instead of the constant self-pity. Many others lose parents at a similar young age, (obviously not always in such dreadful circumstances).

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Fontella · 21/05/2021 11:12

Really? I think he's a self-obsessed whining pollock and I wish the media he loathes so much would stop giving him coverage.

You can't click on a newspaper website these days without there being another hand wringing soul baring self pity fest in which he blames everyone else for his and his wife's perceived woes.

3peassuit · 21/05/2021 11:12

Good on him for moving away but publicly discussing his trauma and therapy goes against his stated wish for a private life. This must be horrific for his wider family to witness.

HeraInTheHereAndNow · 21/05/2021 11:13

@Summercocktailsinthesnow... makes one wonder what would actually make Harry happy? Losing his mother was horrendous but now, as an adult, he just seems to enjoy moaning.