Prince Harry opens up to Hungarian psychotherapist about his experience with drug use

Prince Harry had an intimate conversation with Dr Gábor Máté in a livestream on 4 March. The conversation took place as a promotion of Prince Harry’s memoir Spare.

The Hungarian-born Canadian psychotherapist and trauma expert explored the topic of “living with loss and personal healing” in his conversation with Harry. In addition to the most traumatic events of his life, the Prince candidly shared his experiences with drug use.

As Blikk also reported, Prince Harry published his memoir Spare about a month ago. The book was met with huge public anticipation, and following its publication, it became an instant bestseller in the UK. His book details, among other things, how he coped with the death of his mother, Princess Diana. However, the controversial book also includes personal attacks on her family. For example, he accuses his brother Prince Willam of physically abusing him.

Tickets for the live streamed conversation sold for GBP 19, which included a hardback copy of the Prince’s book.

Coping with trauma

When asked by Dr Máté if he considered himself a victim, Harry answered with a definite no. He explained that he had never actually sought the sympathy of anyone, he just wanted to help others with his own story.

During the conversation, the Prince also confessed his fear of therapy. He revealed that he had hoped for healing from the therapy, but at the same time he had also had his fears. He was afraid of losing his memories of his mother. But, according to him, the opposite happened. He realised that his mother would have wanted him to be happy in life. And with that discovery, a huge weight was lifted off his shoulders. Moreover, once he began to understand his trauma better, he was able to live a more authentic life.

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Harry’s experience with drug use

Harry was also candid about having tried a variety of illegal drugs in his life. Among other things, he mentioned cocaine, saying

that didn’t do anything for me, it was more a social thing. It gave me a sense of belonging and probably also made me feel different to the way I was feeling.

He said that of all the drugs he had tried, marijuana had been almost the only one which helped him mentally. Ayahuasca also helped him a lot, as it contributed to his processing of traumas and pain from the past.

As we reported recently, Dr Gábor Máté has been strongly criticised many times for being “an outspoken advocate of drug decriminalisation.” In the past, he has regularly used Ayahuasca with his patients, for which he has received warnings multiple times.

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Source: blikk.hu, DNH