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Meghan Markle‘s opening up about her personal experiences with suicidal ideas … however, she says she nonetheless hasn’t even “scraped the surface” publicly.
The Duchess of Sussex and her husband, Prince Harry, sat down for a brand new “CBS News Sunday Morning” interview that aired on Sunday throughout which they mentioned their new The Mother and father’ Community program aimed toward supporting dad and mom whose youngsters have been impacted by social media-related trauma.
After all, Meghan’s dealt together with her personal psychological well being struggles … admitting through the royals’ bombshell 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey she as soon as thought-about taking her personal life — telling OW she “just didn’t want to be alive anymore.”
MM — who has talked about her personal cyberbullying experiences — advised the interviewer she noticed parallels between her expertise and that of the youngsters she and Harry are attempting to assist.
Markle says a part of each therapeutic journey — hers included — concerned opening up concerning the expertise … however, she says she’s actually solely scraped the floor of her personal, not diving deep publicly.
That mentioned, Meghan provides she hopes voicing her personal ache — even when not diving into all of it — will encourage others to hunt assist … so, she’s hoping for it to be a teachable second.
On high of the non-public connection … Meghan and Harry say they’re attempting to look out for their very own youngsters — Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3, who will develop up within the social media age.
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Harry says all dad and mom must be first responders lately … prepared to come back to their youngsters’ support on the drop of a hat.
The Sussexes are working onerous to assist youngsters … and, we’ll have to attend and see if that entails Meghan diving deeper into her personal trauma.
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