Meghan Markle Shares How Prince Harry Helped Her At Her 'Worst Point'

Meghan Markle is getting candid about her mental health struggles and how her husband Prince Harry helped her through her "worst point."

The Duchess of Sussex revealed on Tuesday's episode of her podcast "Archetypes" that when her mental health was at an all-time low, she managed to find a person who could help her with her struggles, and she has Prince Harry to thank for it.

"I mean, I think at my worst point, being finally connected to someone that [helped]. You know, my husband had found a referral for me to call. And I called this woman," Markle, 41, said in the episode, Us Weekly reported. "She didn't know I was even calling her."

The former actress recalled that the woman, who she did not name, was checking out at the grocery store when she called but could immediately sense that Markle was in a "dire state."

"She was checking out at the grocery store. I could hear the little beep, beep, and I was like, 'Hi,' and I'm introducing myself. You can literally [hear her] going, 'Wait, sorry. I'm just [confused]. Who is this?' [I was saying] I need help and she could hear the dire state that I was in," Markle shared.

The former "Suits" star then encouraged her listeners to "be really honest" about what they need when it comes to mental health and to not be afraid to ask for help.

Markle admitted in her and Prince Harry's interview with Oprah Winfrey last year that the unwanted attention from the British press and public scrutiny of her relationship with the Duke of Sussex affected her mental health.

The duchess told Winfrey that she had suicidal thoughts at one point because she "realized that it was all happening just because I was breathing."

"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. But I knew that if I didn't say it, that I would do it. I just didn't want to be alive anymore. And that was a very clear and real and frightening constant thought," Markle explained in the March 2021 interview.

The "Horrible Bosses" star claimed at the time that they reached out to "the institution" of the royal family but did not receive the help and support they needed. She also claimed that she went to the palace's HR department but was allegedly refused help because she was "not a paid employee of the institution."

On Tuesday's podcast episode, Markle also shared that she feels "pretty strongly" about the word "crazy," which she said she has been called. She noted that the word is used casually without any forethought of the damage it brings.

"From relationships to families being shattered, reputations destroyed and careers ruined. The stigma surrounding the word, it also has this silencing effect," Markle said, according to Fox News. "This effect where women experiencing real mental health issues, they get scared. They stay quiet, they internalize, and they repress for far too long."