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Why ‘embarrassed’ Simon Cowell tried therapy after years of depression struggles

  2024-03-20 pagesixCaroline Blair25660
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Simon Cowell struggled with the idea of therapy, but it ultimately had a “super positive effect” on his struggles with d

Why ‘embarrassed’ Simon Cowell tried therapy after years of depression struggles

Simon Cowell struggled with the idea of therapy, but it ultimately had a “super positive effect” on his struggles with depression.

“I made the appointment, and I sat down, really embarrassed, and I said, ‘Look, I just don’t know where to start,'” the “America’s Got Talent” creator and judge recalled with a laugh in Wednesday’s episode of the Mirror’s “Men in Mind” podcast.

Cowell, 63, explained that he had to train his mind to look at therapy like “going to the gym,” and once he got into the routine, he understood it.

“Within about 20 minutes, it was as if I’d known [my therapist] for 10, 20 years. He put me so much at ease. And you realize you’re talking to a professional, and they don’t judge you — they listen to you,” he raved.

The former “American Idol” judge confessed that he initially had the age-old mentality of “Don’t cry, be a man” and thought therapy was only for people who have “gone through something pretty traumatic,” but he quickly learned that seeking help is “nothing to be ashamed of.”

Simon Cowell
“Within about 20 minutes, it was as if I’d known [my therapist] for 10, 20 years,” Cowell said. Trae Patton/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Simon Cowell posing on a red carpet
The “AGT” judge became “petrified” of contracting COVID-19. FilmMagic

“We’re not all made of steel, and there’s going to be times in our lives where you just need somebody to talk to,” he noted.

Cowell started his therapy journey after COVID-19 made him “petrified” and heightened his depression.

“I’ve suffered from depression over the years … but that was just something I just thought, ‘Well, that’s my character trait. I get down,’ and it’s something you deal with,” he began.

Lauren Silverman, Eric Cowell and Simon Cowell posing for a photo
Cowell explained that he also feared his son and fiancée would get sick. WireImage

However, the pandemic became “the real catalyst” for the music executive when he felt anxious seeing several friends “really ill.”

”So, I thought, ‘God, if I catch this, maybe the same thing’s going to happen to me, Eric and Lauren,'” he remembered, referring to his 9-year-old son and longtime fiancée, Lauren Silverman. “I didn’t know what was true or not. I just didn’t have a clue other than I was petrified about catching it. Just petrified.”

After quarantining for most of 2020, Cowell struggled with transitioning back to the “real world.”

“Then fortunately I met some friends who had benefited from therapy, and that’s when I thought, ‘You know what? I’ve kind of looked after my body through diet and exercise pretty well over the years, but what have I done about my brain and my mind?’” he shared.

Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Sofia Vergara, Simon Cowell sitting together
The music executive began seeing a therapist while adjusting to the post-COVID world. Trae Patton/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Simon Cowell sitting
“I wish I had done this 10 or 20 years ago,” he admitted. Trae Patton/NBC via Getty Images

The TV personality has since become an advocate for therapy and tells others how it “has had this super positive effect” on his life.

“I wish I had done this 10 or 20 years ago,” he added. “It’s like a weight has lifted off my shoulders.

“If you’d said to me, ‘Simon, we’re going to be sitting down … in your garden, talking about mental health,’ I’d be going, ‘Have I lost my mind or something?’ I’m not a doctor, I’m not an expert, but in my own way, I’ve started to understand it more and done things myself for my mental health in a positive way.”

(By/Caroline Blair)
 
 
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