Nick Cannon is breaking his silence about a new mental health diagnosis he’s learning to live with.
Earlier this month, the 44-year-old father of 12 revealed on his Counsel Culture podcast that he had been diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder.
Sufferers have an unreasonably high sense of self-importance and tend to seek attention from others, according to the Mayo Clinic. People with narcissistic personality disorder may also have difficulty attending to other people’s feelings.
Although narcissistic personality disorder, like other personality disorders, is currently believed to be a lifelong condition, symptoms can improve with aggressive therapy.
While serving Thanksgiving dinners at the Los Angeles Mission on Wednesday, Cannon said People who had always suspected he might have undiagnosed mental health issues.
‘I still don’t fully understand it, but I always wanted to get tested. I took a lot of tests,’ he explained. ‘I have been diagnosed with ADHD. Even as a child I was dyslexic, but knowing that I am simply a neurodivergent individual, I always knew
Nick Cannon is breaking his silence about a new mental health diagnosis he’s learning to live with. Earlier this month, Cannon revealed on his Counsel Culture podcast that he had been diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder.
Cannon, 44, is famous not only for his film and television appearances, but also for being the father of 12 children with several different women; Pictured Monday with Brittany Bell and her children in Hollywood.
‘I still don’t fully understand it, but I always wanted to get tested. “I did a lot of testing,” he explained to People while serving Thanksgiving food Wednesday at the Los Angeles Mission.
The Wild ‘N Out host added that treatment for his newly diagnosed condition gives him a new opportunity to improve himself and his life.
“I feel like there are a lot of labels out there, but it’s like being able to accept them and say, ‘Look, I’m healing. I need help. Show me. “I just embrace mental health and therapy very strongly,” she explained.
“Being able to say I’m an example to others, but also being a healer during the self-process, works too.”
Cannon previously had Dr. Cheyenne Bryant, a psychologist, on her podcast to diagnose him.
During his talk, he admitted that most of the “markers” for narcissistic personality disorder described it perfectly.
But the development left him feeling empowered in understanding the disorder through his “research.”
The causes of narcissistic personality disorder are currently unknown, although childhood factors are theorized to play a role in the development of the disease.
Unhealthy relationships with parents are thought to play a role, although multiple different behaviors could affect the development of the disorder.
Children who are rejected by their parents or excessively criticized may be at risk, but children who receive excessive praise from their caregivers may also be at risk of developing the disorder, according to Harvard Medical School.
Cannon previously had Dr. Cheyenne Bryant, a psychologist, on her podcast to diagnose him. During his talk, he admitted that most of the “markers” of narcissistic personality disorder described it in detail; seen in August in Las Vegas