Carly Pearce has opened up about her battle with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The country music star discussed her lifelong mental health issues on Bunnie Xo's Dumb Blonde podcast. "I would have told you three years ago my anxiety started during my divorce during COVID," the Grammy winner said. "But I've had crippling OCD since I was a child. Checking my backpack over and over and over, checking my alarm over and over and over. And my mom would just try to calm me down, or I would freak out over storms. I remember her taking me to the local library to meet a meteorologist to try to calm that. I've had anxiety my whole life." The Every Little Thing singer shared that she still struggles with OCD, but the 2020 pandemic made her decide it was time to work seriously on her mental health. That was the year she split from husband Michael Ray after less than a year of marriage. Pearce has previously opened up about how important therapy is to her, especially since her divorce from Ray. "I became more open, in my daily life, with talking about how I'm feeling and owning whatever emotion is coming up," she told Prevention in 2021. "I think in the way you take care of your body, you have to take care of your mind - it's a muscle as well."