Prince Harry touts use of class A drugs in cozy conversation with ‘toxic trauma therapist’ Gabor Maté

For a man who demands his privacy, it was an extraordinary, soul-carrying 90-minute public therapy session.

Prince Harry sat down with controversial ‘trauma therapist’ Gabor Maté for a £17 livestream chat last night and poured his heart out on topics ranging from his ‘positive’ experience with psychedelic drugs to how his wife Meghan Markle ‘saved’ him.

Sitting in front of a roaring fire at his £12 million home in Montecito, California, Harry at one point joked about how “great” the free therapy session was, while again complaining about how he felt “different” from the rest of the family. his life. family and now bombards his own children with the love he never got from his own father King Charles.

His choice of Inquisitor was controversial, as Dr. Maté was roundly criticized for advocating the use of psychedelic drugs, including the South American drug ayahuasca, which causes users to vomit.

The Duke of Sussex cheerfully described taking the hallucinogen, saying it “changed me” and describing it as “cleaning the windshield” of his troubled mind. Harry, 38, also appeared to advocate for illegal drugs, at one point saying, “Marijuana really helped me.”

His choice of Inquisitor was controversial, as Dr Maté (pictured) was roundly criticized for advocating the use of psychedelic drugs, including the South American drug ayahuasca, which causes users to vomit

Sitting in front of a roaring fire at his £12 million home in Montecito, California, Harry at one point joked about how ‘awesome’ the free therapy session was

While the “old” Harry has long since faded from view, yesterday’s event, titled Living With Loss And Personal Healing, has blown that person into obscurity. The prince, who often segued into California “therapy slang,” opened up about his “upbringing in broken homes” and talked about his ongoing search for his “authentic true self.”

In one of the more breathtaking moments, he talked about his military service and said he was a good candidate for the military “because they recruit from broken families.”

When Dr Maté said he disagreed with the war in Afghanistan, the Duke stepped into politics, saying many British soldiers “didn’t necessarily support” the military effort. He said, “Once you sign up, do what you’re told.

“So a lot of us didn’t necessarily agree or disagree, but you did what you were trained to do, you did what you were sent to do.”

When asked if he “walled” in victimhood, Harry smiled and said, “I certainly don’t see myself as a victim.”

Many of the themes were familiar subjects from the endless interviews he’s given to promote his memoir, a copy of which was included in last night’s price for the event. Reflecting on his childhood, Harry called himself “a boy in a bubble” and said, “I’m still not sure to this day if it was one bubble or several bubbles… My own self was distorted and maybe I was locked up in because of my environment but also because of society. What it does to you is almost like a box[ing] are you in.’ The subject then turned to his love of therapy, with the Duke saying: ‘When I found my therapist and started unpacking 12-year-old Harry the moment my mother died, it was scary. I thought if I went to therapy it would heal me and I would lose what I still had of my mother [but] it was the opposite.

“I changed what I thought must be sadness to try and prove to her that I missed her into realizing that she just really wanted me to be happy, and that was a huge weight off my chest.” However, he said when he “learned a new therapy language,” he found that “my family didn’t speak that language.” He elaborated on his use of ayahuasca, saying it “gave me a feeling of relaxation, release, comfort, a lightness that I could hold on to for a while.”

But he said, ‘The moment I’m back in the chaos, it sort of disappears. I started doing it recreationally and then started to realize how good it was for me. I would say it was one of the fundamental parts of my life that changed me and helped me deal with the trauma and pain of the past.” He added that “marijuana really helped me,” but cocaine “did nothing” except make him feel like part of a group.

The Duke of Sussex cheerfully described taking the hallucinogen, saying it “changed me” and described it as “cleaning the windshield” of his troubled mind

When asked if he “walled” in victimhood, Harry smiled and said, “I certainly don’t see myself as a victim.”

Speaking of fatherhood, he said he wanted to avoid the emotional distance that defined his relationship with his own father – he remembered how Charles broke the news of Diana’s death to his son without hugging him.

He said that with his own children, Archie, three, and Lilibet, one, he “tried to smother them with love,” adding: “I feel a huge responsibility not to pass on any trauma or negative experiences I’ve had. to give. as a child or as a growing man.’

He added that he and Meghan are trying to break the pattern of divorce and childhood trauma, saying, “We do our best as parents, learn from our own past and maybe overlap those mistakes, and grow… break that cycle.” When asked what is most important in raising children, he said, “It must be love. There should be rules, but one thing my wife and I talk about is if they have a moment of frustration, let them have it and then talk about it.”

He said of his relationship with Meghan: “People have said my wife saved me. I was stuck in this world and she came from another world and helped me out.

“But none of the elements of my life would have been possible without my seeing it for myself.

‘My partner is a special person and I am grateful for the space she gives me.’

Returning to his decision to step away from royal duties, he said: “Fear is a very controlling force…I was not aware that there was a choice and then I became aware of my situation, my surroundings and I was like “now there is a choice”.

“I realized that if I make this change… I will inevitably face huge criticism, but I can’t let the fear of it keep me in this environment because it’s not good for me, it’s not good for my wife or my children.