Talking About Mental Health
Last Modified: 28/02/2018
Lady Gaga and Prince William share a beautiful conversation about mental health.
- 1 You're really kind to say so.
- 2I mean, Harry, Catherine and I really felt this was such an important area...
- 3...that throughout all our charitable work, whether it's veterans, homelessness, addiction,...
- 4...most of it seemed to stem back to mental health issues.
- 5And you know, I read your open letter you wrote the other day...
- 6...and I thought it was incredibly moving...
- 7...and very brave of you to write down such personal feelings.
- 8And I wanted to ask you very much what you, how you found speaking out and how it made you feel.
- 9It made me very nervous at first.
- 10For me, waking up every day and feeling sad...
- 11...and going on stage is something that is very hard to describe.
- 12There's a lot of shame attached to mental illness.
- 13You feel like something's wrong with you...
- 14...and in my life I go, "Oh my goodness,..."
- 15"...look at all these beautiful, wonderful things that I have and I should be so happy..."
- 16...but you can't help it if in the morning when you wake up,...
- 17...you are so tired, you are so sad.
- 18You are so full of anxiety and the shakes that you can barely think...
- 19...but it was like saying, "This is a part of me and that's okay."
- 20It's interesting to see and hear from you how much having that conversation...
- 21...or having that sort of ability to speak to someone really made a difference to you.
- 22I think, for me, the little bits that I've learned so far about mental health...
- 23...is very much the case of, you know, it's okay to have this conversation.
- 24It's really important to have this conversation and that you won't be judged.
- 25It's so important to break open that fear and that taboo,...
- 26...which is only gonna lead to more problems down the line.
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