Father of 12 Nick Cannon reveals shock NPD diagnosis after identifying markers
Father of 12 Nick Cannon has opened up about having narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).
Cannon, 44, who recently spoke about his diagnosis with People, shares 13-year-old twins, Monroe and Moroccan, with Mariah Carey.
He is also father to Rise, one, Powerful, three, and Golden, seven, who he had with Brittany Bell.
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The TV star has Beautiful, one, and Zion and Zillion, both three, with Abby De La Rosa.
Cannon has Halo, one, and the late Zen, five months, with Alyssa Scott; Legendary, two, with Bre Tiesi and Onyx, two, with LaNisha Cole.
What is NPD?
NPD is a mental health condition that gives an increased sense of self-importance, a deep need for admiration, and a lack of empathy for others.
Symptoms often include lying, manipulating and losing touch with reality.
"I still don't understand it all the way, but I kind of always wanted to get tested for it. I did a bunch of tests," Cannon told the outlet.
"I've 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.
"I feel like there's so many labels out there, 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."
Cannon recently had Dr. Cheyenne Bryant, a psychologist, on his Counsel Culture podcast to 'clinically diagnose' him.
"I've taken all the power away from the term narcissism 'cause I've researched it and I understand it," he said.
"Call me whatever you want... now if I didn't know what it was, then I have issue with it."
Last year, Cannon was asked about the external pressure to get a vasectomy during an episode of The Howard Stern Show.
The actor admitted: "It's a scary thing.
"I felt pressured. I felt the world was trying to make me get a vasectomy. I don't operate well under pressure. My body, my choice.
"You ever know what it's like to be walking down the street and just a random stranger be like, 'Man, you need to go get snipped?' "I'm like, 'I don't even know you.'"
Cannon is best known for hosting the talent show America’s Got Talent from 2009 to 2016.
Topics: Celebrity, Health, Mental Health
Anish Vij