I was angry and sad to see British journalist Piers Morgan taking yet another swipe at Prince Harry and Meghan this week in his usual toxic style. While there is a time to understand the forces that prevented our parents and grandparents from seeking help in an emotionally arrested culture, there is a lot to be said for therapy as well as facing feelings.. It is not a case of ‘whinging’ as Mr Morgan claims.
In my own life my seeking of therapy was met with active challenges and resistance from both my mother and husband, the message I got was that my feelings were uncomfortable and distressing, as well as unacceptable to them both. I have shared in blogs before how this contributed in time to me taking myself off overseas alone and suffering another head injury,, while those choices were mine my family never made it feel safe to feel anything genuine.
Mum blamed it on my lack of maturity while never owning her own until near the end of her life in an of hand characteristically unapologetic way.. After all her theme song was My Way by Frank Sinatra.. Go figure!
Anyway it was good to come across this story on Prince Harry speaking up about his need for therapy and how much more accepted he finds that to be in the United States, that said I did get good help myself in the UK so there may be some distancing defenses at play here and some childhood anger his grief was not supported. I have read in a biography of his life that at the time of Diana’s death they tried to shield both William and Harry which was the old way of doing things.
On an astrological note what he mentions about the differences between the UK and American approaches to feelings and emotions may relate to America being ruled by a Cancerian Sun and Britain having a stronger Capricornian (stoical stiff upper lip.) focus.
Here is the link to today’s article.
Emerging From The Dark Night 