The Duke of Sussex has said he “slipped into depression for about two weeks” after relocating to Canada in 2019 ahead of his move to the US.
Prince Harry, who recently returned to the UK with his wife Meghan and their two children, said he had originally left the country to “get some space.”
The duke also discussed feeling “emotionally numb” after the death of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, because he felt “disloyal and guilty for the possibility of being happy and joyful without her”.
He opened up about his mental health with a neuroscientist in a session for a video learning platform.
He and his brother, the Prince of Wales, have previously been candid about their mental health struggles, including over their mother’s death, and both are involved in mental health charities.
Prince Harry, who stepped back from royal duties to move to California with Meghan, made the latest comments as part of a paid-for online masterclass on dealing with grief.
“Being 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’d never experienced before,” he recalled.
“It was as if I needed stress in order to get the adrenaline to make my brain function because I became useless around the house.
“I actually slipped into depression for about two weeks and I felt like I couldn’t function without adrenaline.”
