In an effort to be completely transparent with his fans, Nick Cannon revealed he needs some help after being diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder.
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The Masked Singer host previously revealed his diagnosis last month. He’s now ready to discuss how the disorder impacts his daily life.
“I still don’t understand it all the way,” Nick Cannon told PEOPLE while sharing details about his narcissistic personality disorder diagnosis. “But I kind of always wanted to get tested for it. I did a bunch of tests.”
Along with narcissistic personality disorder, Cannon pointed out that he has also been diagnosed with ADHD. “Even as a kid, it was dyslexia, but just knowing that I’m just a neurodivergent individual, I kind of always knew.”
Nick Cannon further shared that he has accepted his narcissistic personality disorder diagnosis and is using it as a “tool” to make improvements on himself.
“I feel like there’s so many labels out there,” he continued. “But it’s like, to be able to embrace it and say, ‘Look, I’m healing. I need help. Show me.’ I just embrace mental health and therapy in such a strong way. To be able to say I’m an example for others, but also be healing during the self-process works too.”
Along with discussing his diagnosis, Cannon opened up about holiday plans with his 12 children. He noted that Thanksgiving was “complicated” for him.
“I’m going to be full by the end of the day,” he shared. “But everybody specializes in certain things, you know what I mean? Some people got good sweet potato pie, some people got amazing fried turkey. So I know every house that needs to have the things that I really like.”
He added that he’ll be traveling a lot during the month of December.
Nick Cannon First Discussed His Narcissistic Personality Disorder Diagnosis on His ‘Counsel Culture’ Podcast
During the Nov. 8 episode of his Counsel Culture podcast, Nick Cannon opened up about being recently diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder.
He confirmed the diagnosis to the episode’s guest, Dr. Cheyenne Bryant, a Doctor of Psychology. The TV personality stated he had been “clinically diagnosed” and pointed out he identifies with nearly all the “markers” of the disorder.
“I’ve taken all the power away from the term narcissism ’cause I’ve researched it, and I understand it,” Cannon explained. “Call me whatever you want… now, if I didn’t know what it was, then I have an issue with it.”