A young woman lost her job and was forced to drop out of university after suffering from long Covid.
31.08.2023 - 22:19 / perezhilton.com
The coronavirus pandemic was a tough time for so many people — including Simon Cowell. But it ultimately helped make a huge change!
In a candid new interview on The Mirror‘s Men In Mind podcast out on Wednesday, which was created in association with the mental health charity Mind, the American Idol judge revealed his years-long “depression” battles and other mental health struggles reached a breaking point during the lockdown, forcing him to finally seek help. He shared:
Except now he realizes he just needed some professional guidance to find a more healthy balance in his life!
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Looking back, he said:
Wow! He now credits the “super positive effect” of therapy to improving his quality of life. But why did he seek out a therapist in the first place? Referencing fear of losing his 9-year-old son Eric and fiancée Lauren Silverman, he explained how anxious he became during the height of COVID:
It was an intensely scary time! Like the rest of us, he didn’t know “what was true or not” and “was petrified about catching it. Just petrified.”
Ultimately, the America’s Got Talent star actually did contract the disease during the “nightmare” period of the virus, too! Luckily it was relatively mild, and the whole experience had him reflecting on his mental health:
He added:
Such a good way to think about it!
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Interestingly, part of the reason he resisted therapy for so long was because he’d grown up watching American dramas where characters often went to therapy, but it wasn’t something he could relate to as a British person. Instead, he felt it was “dramatic” and “over the top.” He
A young woman lost her job and was forced to drop out of university after suffering from long Covid.
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