Meghan Markle Reveals Untold Struggles with Suicidal Thoughts: ‘I’ve Barely Scratched the Surface
During a brand new interview given by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for US TV, the Duchess of Sussex was asked about her experience of having suicidal thoughts and said she would never want anybody else to feel that way
Meghan Markle has candidly opened up about her experience of suicidal thoughts in a new TV interview for an important reason.
Both she and Prince Harry sat down for a pre-recorded interview for US TV programme, CBS Sunday Morning, about a new initiative supporting parents of children affected by online harm. It was the couple’s first joint interview in more than three years since their bombshell chat with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021.
In that interview, Meghan admitted she had contemplated taking her own life, saying: “I just didn’t want to be alive any more.” And in the latest chat, she talked about how it is worth voicing how she overcame her experience of suicidal thoughts, whilst at the height of her crisis in the British monarchy, in a bid to help save lives.
She explained: “I think when you’ve been through any level of pain or trauma, I believe part of our healing journey, certainly part of mine, is being able to be really open about it. And I haven’t really scraped the surface on my experience but I do think that I would never want someone else to feel that way.
“And I would never want someone else to be making those sorts of plans and I would never want someone else to not be believed. So, if me voicing what I have overcome, will save someone or encourage someone in their life to really genuinely check in on them and not assume that the appearance is good so everything’s okay, then that’s worth it. I’ll take a hit for that.”
Meghan seemed surprised by the question relating to her own experience of suicidal thoughts, redirecting her hand to Harry’s knee before answering the question. She told host Jane Pauley: “I wasn’t expecting it, but I understand why you are because there is a through line.”
