Prince Harry reveals whether he now feels ‘peaceful’
‘I don’t know how many people feel truly peaceful’
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Your support makes all the difference.Prince Harry has opened up about his last two years living in the United States and revealed if he’s now at a place where he feels “peaceful”.
The Duke of Sussex discussed his mental during an interview with Today’s Hoda Kotb from The Netherlands, where the royal is attending the fifth Invictus Games. When Kotb asked Prince Harry if he felt “peaceful, now,” he said that while he doesn’t always feel “truly peaceful,” there are moments where he’s “at peace”.
“I don’t know how many people feel truly peaceful,” he explained. “At times I feel massively at peace.”
However, he noted that with “everything going on in the world,” there are also times where he still experiences feelings of “helplessness” and “anxiety”.
“I think that biggest concern or the biggest issue that people wrestle with on a daily basis that does provide more anxiety for me and for them is the helplessness,” he explained. “We as human beings are compassionate people, but when your life becomes really hard, it can be, for some, harder to find the compassion for other people.”
According to Prince Harry, he’s become a more compassionate through “helping others”.
“What I’ve learned over the years, for myself, is I find healing in helping others,” he explained. “And I think that’s what we should really be focusing on.”
In response, Kotb agreed and said that she “loved” Prince Harry’s perspective.
During the interview, Prince Harry also said that “feeling lighter” is “the best way to describe” how he feels when at peace.
“For so many people it is about management,” he explained. “You know the things that trigger you, therefore you try and stay away from that. But what I do know is that there is a light at the end of the tunnel for absolutely everybody.”
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