Mental illness, like any disease is immune to class, race, income or even level of fame.
Recently, Prince Harry opened up about the years of emotional numbness he went through after the death of his mother in the summer of 1997.
As much as I would like to say that his experience dealing mental illness is trivial compared to someone who has lived with it their entire life, I can’t. Mental illness is mental illness is mental illness. Whether it is due to the loss of parent that has not been emotionally dealt with or someone who has diagnosed depression and is being treated, neither is more important than the other.
What is important, is that his celebrity has opened the door just a little and started a conversation. We need to have this conversation and if this conversation starts with Prince Harry, I am happy to continue it.
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