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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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Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 21/05/2021 11:14

@HeraInTheHereAndNow I'm also the child of an alcoholic (mum) in this case and had physical and mental abuse in childhood and beyond. Flowers to you.

JeanClaudeVanDammit · 21/05/2021 11:14

I thought it was great when he and William were raising awareness and having the conversation quite a few years ago.

Now I feel like it just hasn’t moved on, while the world has. I’m not sure “starting the conversation” is really such a brave move now compared to say 5 years ago. I haven’t seen a lot of evidence that he’s trying to use his experience to support organisations that will provide help to others, as opposed to just talking about his own family a lot.

randomkey123 · 21/05/2021 11:15

If he was happy with his wife in the US, he wouldn't be screaming from the rooftops about how hard done by he has been.

He's becoming toxic.

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Zzelda · 21/05/2021 11:17

If talking to the media helps him, then so be it.

I very much doubt that it does, though. How helpful is it going to be realistically to have some journo only interested in their next scoop saying "Ooooh, Harry, tell us more, go on, go on" and then broadcasting the most juicy bits to the world? Who would really find that more helpful than talking to a trained counsellor?

HeraInTheHereAndNow · 21/05/2021 11:17

@Ihopeyourcakeisshit... thanks. And to you.

Both parents now gone but really, my sister and I just have a good (wry) laugh about some of the most blood curdling events and get on with life. If my parents had been ridiculously wealthy and I’d spent my years being deferred to and enjoyed what the Royals do, I think I may have found it easier 😂

gobackanddoitproperly · 21/05/2021 11:18

Maybe he is an embarrassment to the UK, who knows. Not as much as an embarrassment as the royal family. Or more specifically, keeping up the tradition of the royal family. I think it's so incredibly bizarre a way to raise children, operate as adults and perpetuate this kind of antiquated idea that a person, or people, are so special by virtue of the fact that they happened to be born within a particular family. No wonder they're a bunch of fucked up misfits. I swing wildly between feeling incredibly sorry for them, and wishing the great unwashed would storm the joint.

I know, I know. Off with my head...

Aspiringmatriarch · 21/05/2021 11:19

@parsnipsnotsprouts

Really? I think he’s making a career out of whining
MH issues treated as whining
GrandDuchessRomanov · 21/05/2021 11:19

Funny how he only started bleating when Charles cut the funding.

It all smacks of revenge to me. Nothing "Brave" about it at all.

Aspiringmatriarch · 21/05/2021 11:19

As per usual. It's horrible on here today.

ineedaholidaynow · 21/05/2021 11:21

How is selling your soul to journalists good for your mental health?

Zzelda · 21/05/2021 11:21

Personally, I think he did well to get away from the wildly dysfunctional RF and vile British tabloid press

But he hasn't, has he? He absolutely obsesses about his family at the cost of just getting on with his life, and he is constantly feeding the tabloids who absolutely love it every time he opens his mouth publicly.

ShamrockHillz · 21/05/2021 11:21

@osbertthesyrianhamster

That's nice. I think he's ridiculous. Sick of all the 'talk' and 'it's good to talk'. What's needed is some serious practical assistance, not some over-paid person getting paid millions to spraff the same thing over and over.

My definition of brave is quite high.

But you're entitled to your opinion.

Agree with this. He seems to think it’s good to talk, but only when it’s him or MM doing the talking. They try to silence anyone who talks about them.
INeedANewSkeleton · 21/05/2021 11:21

horrible
whiney
self entitled
attention seeking

not braveHmm

TatianaBis · 21/05/2021 11:22

It's interesting that people are so seduced by the dazzle of privilege that they can't hear the message - that there's a dark side that's very unpleasant.

My mother was chased to her death while she was in a relationship with someone who wasn't white,' he said.

'And now look what's happened.

'It's incredibly triggering to potentially lose another woman in my life. Like, the list is growing.

'And it all comes back to the same people, the same business model, the same industry.'

And -

'It was a puzzling life and, unfortunately, when I think about my mum the first thing that comes to mind is always the same one, over and over again: Strapped in the car, seatbelt across. My brother in the car as well, and my mother driving and being chased by three, four, five mopeds with paparazzi on.'

He said that his mother was vulnerable, exposed, and given no support.

'She was almost unable to drive because of the tears, there was no protection,' he recalled.

'One of the feelings that come up is helplessness. Being too young, being a guy too young to be able to help a woman, in this case, your mother.

'And that happened every single day until the day she died.'

Who would actually want that for themselves or their kids?

Zzelda · 21/05/2021 11:22

MH issues treated as whining

Or vice versa.

WeAllHaveWings · 21/05/2021 11:23

@ssd

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.
Seriously, he is only doing it for the cash.

He has no other sellable product.

HeraInTheHereAndNow · 21/05/2021 11:23

Harry and William are out now, blaming the media/press for the hounding of their mother and the lies behind the BBC Martin Bashir interview and yet... let’s not forget who is responsible for Diana’s fear, paranoia and isolation. I think the blame lies firmly with the Royal Family. Her duplicitous former husband, the mistress and all of those royals and royal staff who tried to silence her and sweep the reality of the marriage under the Royal Axminster.

I apologise for going off topic OP but really, I’d be depressed if I’d been led to believe one thing and then found that there was much much more to it.

OP, you do need to speak out and seek counselling/help. Really, see your GP.

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Aspiringmatriarch · 21/05/2021 11:24

@Zzelda

MH issues treated as whining

Or vice versa.

I despair, I really do. The cruelty of the British public laid bare.
Wakeupin2022 · 21/05/2021 11:24

I don't think what Harry is doing now is going yo help his mental health at all.

It's been clear for years that he has been profoundly affected by the death of his mother.

She had another son too. Something I think Harry often forgets as he seems incredibly self absorbed.

He cannot just let it all out and be done with it. He now needs to make it his career. So he's always going to be talking. The anger is always going to be there. I think he is now so mentally unstable that he is now lying about certain things but probably genuinely believes them.

It's sad. He needs help and he needs to be able to come to terms with his mother's death and we'll life in general but I really don't see how doing so in the public eye is going to help that.

He complains about his father. I've got to say, I am actually pretty worried for his kids. I just can't see this ending well at all for that family. He needs to stop.

User5485421134 · 21/05/2021 11:24

I thought he was brave fighting in Afghanistan.

Dealing with demons and getting therapy is also courageous however the way he's burning bridges and throwing people under the bus is questionable. He's painting the image that his life is now "happy ever after" and therefore all these old grievances can be aired. But having a wife and two young kids in a new country is far from that. Most people who have been in the exact situation can argue that it's actually the start of the most stressful years on a marriage and family.

So hope he gets through the next few years unscathed. He only wants to rely on himself and that seems like what he's getting.

UsedUpUsername · 21/05/2021 11:24

It’s all so tiresome.

JudgeJ · 21/05/2021 11:25

@ssd

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.
If he didn't waffle on and on and on about his perception of his dreadful life what else would they pay him for? He really can't see that he is being used by a number of American 'celebrities', without his name, all he has to offer, these programmes would never be made.
Mrsjayy · 21/05/2021 11:26

I just wonder if he will ever stop talking and if he does will he be happier ?