[WATCH] Meghan Markle: ‘Consciousness crisis’ of mental health

Markle visited NGO learn Waves for Change along Monwabisi Beach near Khayelitsha, Cape Town on Tuesday.

“Where you are in the world, if you are in a small community, township or big city – is that everyone is dealing with the different version of the same thing, globally. I think there is a bit of a consciousness crisis,” said Markle during the sidelines of the visit to international media outlets.

The organisation uses surfing as a method for mind and body therapy.

“So much good work that is being done, just because people are willing to talk to each other about it and someone is willing to listen, is huge,” she said.

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Prince Harry believes mental health and mental illness needs to be separated to breakdown stigmas.

He said that everyone needs to learn from previous generations so that it doesn’t fall in a perpetual cycle.

“The mental health element touches on so much of what we exposed to, these experiences that these kids and every single one of us one of us have been through. Everyone has experience trauma or likely will experience trauma at some point during their lives.”