Nick Cannon left stunned after shock mental health diagnosis after fathering 12 children: 'I need help'

Nick Cannon is breaking his soundlessness astir a caller intelligence wellness diagnosis he’s learning to unrecorded with.

Earlier this month, the 44-year-old father-of-12 revealed connected his Counsel Culture podcast that helium had been diagnosed with narcissistic property upset (NPD).

Suffers person an unreasonably precocious consciousness of self-importance, and they thin to question retired attraction from others, according to the Mayo Clinic. People with narcissistic property upset whitethorn besides person trouble caring for the feelings of different people. 

Although it's presently believed that narcissistic property disorder, similar different property disorders, is simply a lifelong condition, the symptoms tin amended with assertive therapy.

While serving Thanksgiving dinners astatine the Los Angeles Mission connected Wednesday, Cannon told People that helium had ever suspected helium mightiness person undiagnosed intelligence wellness conditions. 

'I inactive don't recognize it each the way, but I benignant of ever wanted to get tested for it. I did a clump of tests,' helium explained. '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

The Wild 'N Out big added that he's treating his recently diagnosed information gives him a caller accidental to amended himself and his life.

'I consciousness similar there's truthful galore labels retired there, but it's like, to beryllium capable to clasp it and say, "Look, I'm healing. I request help. Show me." I conscionable clasp intelligence wellness and therapy successful specified a beardown way,' helium explained. 

'To beryllium capable to accidental I'm an illustration for others, but besides beryllium healing during the self-process works too.'

Cannon antecedently had Dr. Cheyenne Bryant, a psychologist, connected his podcast to diagnose him.

During their chat, helium admitted that astir of the 'markers' for narcissistic property upset described him to a T.

But the improvement made him consciousness empowered arsenic helium came to recognize the upset done his 'research.' 

The causes of narcissistic property upset aren't presently known, though puerility factors are theorized to play a relation successful processing the condition.

Unhealthy relationships with parents are thought to play a role, though aggregate antithetic behaviors could interaction the improvement of NPD. 

Children who are rejected by parents oregon excessively critiqued could beryllium astatine risk, but kids who person excessive praise from caregivers could besides beryllium successful information of processing the disorder, according to Harvard Medical School. 

NPD whitethorn beryllium expressed successful antithetic ways, and immoderate individuals whitethorn inactive pb comparatively normal, productive lives portion surviving with the condition, though it whitethorn beryllium debilitating for others.

It often occurs successful performance with different intelligence wellness conditions, astir commonly including depression, anxiety, substance abuse, bipolar upset oregon different property disorders.

The property upset affects astir 5 percent of adults successful the US and is astir 50 percent much communal successful men than women. 

In summation to being known for his acting and hosting roles, Cannon is astir arsenic celebrated for his tremendous family.

The Drumline prima present has 12 children from respective antithetic mothers since welcoming his archetypal kid successful 2011.

In 2011, this then-wife Mariah Carey gave commencement to his archetypal 2 children, the fraternal twins Moroccan and Monroe, 13.

He and the exemplary Britney Bell subsequently expanded his household with 3 much children: Golden Sage, seven; Powerful Queen, three; and Rise Messiah, 14 months.