Nick Cannon admits he ‘needs help’ following narcissistic personality disorder diagnosis

Nick Cannon got idiosyncratic this week astir his request for assistance aft precocious being diagnosed with narcissistic property disorder.

The 44-year-old spoke candidly to People, saying he wasn’t amazed to person the NPD diagnosis, citing his past with intelligence health.

“I inactive don’t recognize it each the way, but I benignant of ever wanted to get tested for it,” helium told the outlet. “I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD. Even arsenic a kid it was dyslexia, but conscionable knowing that I’m conscionable a neurodivergent individual, I benignant of ever knew [I had NPD].”

Cannon says accepting the diagnosis and admitting helium “need[s] help” is an important portion of managing the condition.

“I conscionable clasp intelligence wellness and therapy successful specified a beardown way,” said “The Masked Singer” host. “To beryllium capable to accidental I’m an illustration for others, but besides beryllium healing during the self-process works too.”

Earlier this month, Cannon revealed connected his “Counsel Culture” podcast that he’d been “clinically diagnosed” with the disorder, saying helium identifies with astir each the “markers” for NPD.

According to the Mayo Clinic, those with NPD tin person “an unreasonably precocious consciousness of self-importance and necessitate constant, excessive admiration.” They whitethorn instrumentality vantage of others to get what they privation portion being unwilling “to admit the needs and feelings of others.” They tin besides grounds a superiority analyzable and whitethorn “look down” connected radical they don’t deem arsenic important.

Those diagnosed with NPD tin besides conflict with criticism, starring to occupation interacting with others. They whitethorn harbor concealed feelings of insecurity oregon shame, and debar situations successful which they could beryllium “exposed arsenic a failure.” A preoccupation “with fantasies of occurrence [and] power” whitethorn pb them to “behave successful an arrogant mode … and travel crossed arsenic conceited.”

Cannon is famously known arsenic a begetter of 12 children with six antithetic women. Earlier this year, helium insured his testicles for $10 million arsenic portion of a selling run that gave him the rubric of “Most Valuable Balls successful the World.”

“Haters accidental it’s clip for maine to halt having kids and enactment this ace sperm to rest,” Cannon said successful a connection astatine the time. “But I’m doubling down connected these invaluable balls and my aboriginal kids.”