{"id":3951,"date":"2026-10-09T15:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=3951"},"modified":"2026-10-09T15:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:06:04","slug":"prince-harry-says-he-experienced-depression-after-moving-to-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=3951","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry Says He Experienced Depression After Moving to Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tPrince Harry<\/a> went to Canada to get some space. Within days, he says, he was struggling to function.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn his new MasterClass, Redefining Grief: Building Resilience Through Loss<\/em><\/a>, the 42-year-old joined neuroscientist and grief researcher Dr. Mary-Frances O\u2019Connor to discuss loss and mental health<\/a>. He recalled arriving in Canada with Meghan Markle and their infant son, Archie, in late 2019. They wanted time away \u201cjust to be able to think.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI actually slipped into depression<\/a> for about two weeks, and I felt like I couldn\u2019t function without adrenaline,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\n\tHarry and Meghan spent the end of 2019 in Canada before announcing their decision to step back as senior working royals<\/a> in January 2020. But being away from the stress Harry was used to brought a feeling he didn\u2019t recognize. He called it an \u201cadrenaline crash.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBeing in Canada, away from the stressful environment where presumably my body was just pumped full of adrenaline, within two or three days, I experienced this adrenaline crash, something that I\u2019d never experienced before,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt was as if I needed stress in order to get the adrenaline to make my brain function because I became useless around the house.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tHarry also spoke about losing his mother, Princess Diana<\/a>, in 1997, when he was 12. For years, he kept telling people he was fine. \u201cFor 15, 20 years, when I was being asked, \u2018Are you okay?\u2019 My response was, \u2018I\u2019m fine.\u2019 It was numbness, emotional shutdown,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter returning from his second tour in Afghanistan<\/a> in 2013, Harry began to recognize that something was wrong. He was having panic attacks on his way to work, and even a tight shirt collar could make him feel like he was suffocating. \u201cAnd that\u2019s when I realized, \u2018Okay, there\u2019s something bigger, there\u2019s something else that you need to look into here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBeneath those panic attacks was a heavy, lingering sense of guilt. Looking back, he realized he had subconsciously blocked himself from finding joy without his mother.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI felt like I had to be sad and I had to be emotionally numb in order to prove to her that I missed her,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the reality is, what I discovered was actually that she just wanted me to be happy. And that was a huge mental shift for me. It freed me, and it gave me a whole different outlook on life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tToday, he credits that realization with giving him the energy to finally carry his mother\u2019s legacy forward on his own terms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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Prince Harry went to Canada to get some space. Within days, he says, he was struggling to function. In his new MasterClass, Redefining Grief: Building Resilience Through Loss, the 42-year-old joined neuroscientist and grief researcher Dr. Mary-Frances O\u2019Connor to discuss loss and mental health. He recalled arriving in Canada with Meghan Markle and their infant son, Archie, in late 2019. They wanted time away \u201cjust to be able to think.\u201d \u201cI actually slipped into depression for about two weeks, and I felt like I couldn\u2019t function without adrenaline,\u201d he said. Related story Prince Harry Reveals 1 Non-Negotiable Rule In His Marriage To Meghan Markle Adjusting to Life Without Constant Stress Harry and Meghan spent the end of 2019 in Canada before announcing their decision to step back as senior working royals in January 2020. But being away from the stress Harry was used to brought a feeling he didn\u2019t recognize. He called it an \u201cadrenaline crash.\u201d \u201cBeing in Canada, away from the stressful environment where presumably my body was just pumped full of adrenaline, within two or three days, I experienced this adrenaline crash, something that I\u2019d never experienced before,\u201d he recalled. \u201cIt was as if I needed stress in order to get the adrenaline to make my brain function because I became useless around the house.\u201d Learning to Talk About His Grief Harry also spoke about losing his mother, Princess Diana, in 1997, when he was 12. For years, he kept telling people he was fine. \u201cFor 15, 20 years, when I was being asked, \u2018Are you okay?\u2019 My response was, \u2018I\u2019m fine.\u2019 It was numbness, emotional shutdown,\u201d he recalled. After returning from his second tour in Afghanistan in 2013, Harry began to recognize that something was wrong. He was having panic attacks on his way to work, and even a tight shirt collar could make him feel like he was suffocating. \u201cAnd that\u2019s when I realized, \u2018Okay, there\u2019s something bigger, there\u2019s something else that you need to look into here.\u2019\u201d Beneath those panic attacks was a heavy, lingering sense of guilt. Looking back, he realized he had subconsciously blocked himself from finding joy without his mother. \u201cI felt like I had to be sad and I had to be emotionally numb in order to prove to her that I missed her,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the reality is, what I discovered was actually that she just wanted me to be happy. And that was a huge mental shift for me. It freed me, and it gave me a whole different outlook on life.\u201d Today, he credits that realization with giving him the energy to finally carry his mother\u2019s legacy forward on his own terms. Source link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-female-health-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}