Prince of Wales and rapper Professor Green musician and mental-health advocate discussion about male suicide prevention and mental health.
Prince William and Professor Green, who took part in a BBC film film about his fathers’ suicide to increase awareness of it as the biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK and Guvna B, rapper and long‑standing campaigner on men’s wellbeing.
Prince William highlighted the importance of mental health, while discussion he seems bit emotional and said ‘understand my emotions’. During the panel discussion, Prince William reflected on his own feelings, saying: ‘I take a long time trying to understand my emotions and why I feel like I do, and I feel like that’s a really important process to do every now and again, to check in with yourself and work out why you’re feeling like you do.’
“Sometimes there’s an obvious explanation, sometimes there isn’t. I think that idea that mental health crisis is temporary – you can have a strong mental health crisis moment but it will pass.”
The future King who has long been committed to supporting men’s mental health and suicide prevention, said that talking about the issues publicly would help mental health discussions “become second nature to us all”.
Prince William encouraged people to “learn to love yourself and understand yourself”.
According to Prince Wales, sharing your feelings is the most important element for mental health, saying: “Part of feeling comfortable talking about mental health is understanding it.”
He added: “We need more male role models out there, talking about it and normalizing it, so that it becomes second nature to all of us.
He said he “jumped at the chance” to be a part of the panel, and that it meant to highlight ‘the importance of discussions around men’s mental health’ also wanted to remind people ‘that these conversations are important to have and it’s okay to have them’.
He is a big supporter of the suicide prevention charity Calm, said he felt it was “incredibly important” to have the support of Prince William, “not least of all because of the openness that he shows up with, which I don’t think people would necessarily expect”.
He further said, “But he’s obviously gone through his own life of suffering and through his own life of suffering and experience and things he’s seen firsthand,”
“And I just think it enables us to shine such a light on something that people will otherwise just avoid.”
Prince William has regularly spoken about mental health and the impact of male suicide.
This purpose of this film to launch of the National Suicide Prevention Network. This Network was Launched by the Prince and Princess of Wales’ Royal Foundation, spanning all four home nations and aiming to transform suicide prevention in the UK.
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