After seeing too many deaths, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William has said he made the world see it as a ‘darker place’.
The duke recently revealed that while working as an ambulance pilot, he saw the world as “a slightly darker, darker, darker place”, watching people die. According to a report in The Independent, Prince William worked for the East Anglian Air Ambulance from 2015 to 2017. He admitted that he is “deeply concerned” about those working on the front line of coronavirus pandemic. , especially because of the impact “such high levels of grief, trauma and death” will have on them.
The uprising also reports that during a video call with doctors, counselors and first responders, William said: “When you see so many deaths and so much grief it affects on how you can see the world. He lives with you, at home he stays with you for weeks on end, no, and you see the world in a much darker, darker, darker and darker place.
In 2018, it had emerged that one particular incident with a child was “taking him over the edge”, when he was with the air ambulance.
William, who has three children – George, Charlotte, and Louis – said at the inaugural event This can happen conference in London: “I have worked several times on very difficult jobs involving children, and having had my own children, I think the relationship between the work and personal life that led me to go over the edge. I began to feel things I had never experienced before, and I was sad and saddened by this special family. “
In this recent video call, his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, was with them, and discussed their concerns about the mental health of frontline workers.
William and Kate emphasized the importance of frontline staff reaching out for support, while also asserting that the stigma surrounding seeking help for mental health issues must end.
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