Duchess Meghan reflected on her decision to share her past struggle with suicidal thoughts…. See More

Duchess Meghan hopes that being open about her experiences with suicidal ideation could help “save” others.

During an interview with “CBS Sunday Morning” that aired this weekend, the Duchess of Sussex, 43, discussed her decision to share in 2021 that she once struggled with suicidal thoughts.

I haven’t really scraped the surface on my experience, but I do think that I would never want someone else to feel that way, and I would never want someone else to be making those sort of plans, and I would never want someone else to not be believed,” Meghan said, speaking alongside her husband, Prince Harry, 39.

“If me voicing what I have overcome will save someone, or encourage someone in their life to really, genuinely check in on them, and not assume that the appearance is good so everything’s OK, then that’s worth it,” she added. “I’ll take a hit for that.”

During a high-profile, primetime interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, Meghan revealed that she had “very clear” suicidal thoughts after joining the royal family.

“I was really ashamed to say it at the time, and ashamed to have to admit it to Harry especially, because I know how much loss he’s suffered,” she said. “But I knew that if I didn’t say it, that I would do it. I just didn’t want to be alive anymore.”

At the time, Meghan alleged that she did not receive help from the royal family and was told she “couldn’t” go to a hospital to receive treatment because it wouldn’t “be good for the institution.”