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Britain's Prince Harry says jokes help cope at veterans' support centre

REUTERS

 

Prince Harry speaks with Director of Recovery David Richmond during a visit to a Help For Heroes Recovery Centre at Tedworth House, where he learnt more about the mental health support military veterans are receiving, in Tidworth, Wiltshire, Britain January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Ben Birchall/Pool

 

TIDWORTH, ENGLAND (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry spoke of soldiers' need for "a dark sense of humour" to cope with the aftermath of serving in conflict zones as he visited a support centre for ex-servicemen suffering from anxiety, depression, stress, anger, and alcohol issues.

 

The prince, who served with the British forces in Helmand, Afghanistan on two operational tours, was visiting the Help for Heroes Recovery Centre in Tidworth, Wiltshire, in southern England, where he learned more about the therapeutic benefits of outdoor activities.

 

Speaking to former soldiers involved in a programme to build an Iron Age roundhouse, Harry touched on a macabre brand of humour that civilians could find hard to understand.

 

"It's that dark sense of humour", he said. "A lot of civilians don't get it and actually it can be frowned on sometimes but...without it, you can't function at all, it's got to be...part of the recovery process."

 

The Help for Heroes service provides free and confidential aid to former service personnel and their families, as well as the families of those still serving.

 

Mike Day, a former soldier, described how being outdoors at the centre in a natural environment with people who had endured similar experiences had helped him.

 

"Being outside in the woods, where there is no real noise, being here with people who are like-minded, similar injuries, similar situations...brings you all together and...more than anything it's therapeutic," he said.

 

In a sit-down session with beneficiaries of the Help for Heroes programme, Harry stressed the need to reach out to those suffering from debilitating depression and anxiety.

 

Harry, 32, has been active in raising awareness of the challenges faced by veterans, including helping to organise the inaugural London Invictus Games, a sporting event for wounded servicemen and women, in 2014.

 

The Help for Heroes service has helped 1,000 veterans access support since it began in 2007.

 

(Reporting by Reuters Television, Writing by Karishma Singh; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-01-24

[phantomfiddler]

Jiminy crickett, you,ve got to have a warped sense of humor to get by in the war zone they call Pattaya :)

[Kabula]

The big joke is political wars and the way vets are treated worldwide after returning and their incompetent medical treatment in most cases.

 

Suffering Vets don't want to hear jokes, they want to know why they are being ignored and lied too!

 

by a Vet...

[evadgib]

Not entirely correct; Lumping injured service pers together very quickly brings out the dark humour mentioned in the article which in turn enables the doctors to begin. If it wasn't for this first step nobody would be able to get in!

 

I regret the closure of BMH Woolwich, particularly wards 5 & 6.

 

You are right re treatment of vets after discharge; I envy the yanks there :)

 

Well done Prince Harry...again!

Edited January 25, 2017 by evadgib

[evadgib]

I guess here's as good a place as any for this link:

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/veterans-world