LeAnn Rimes Says “Seeking Help” Was the Best Gift She Gave Herself

Country singer-songwriter LeAnn Rimes is opening up about the importance of taking care of one’s mental health and the joy it can bring.

LeAnn Rimes On Taking Care of Her Need For “Codependency”

During a Friday interview with Insider, the 39-year-old Grammy-winning singer spoke about the stress that came with achieving success at a young age.

“Being in the public eye from the time I was very young and having to override my humanness I think was a huge part of my experience with anxiety and depression and what was triggering it,” she told the outlet.

In August 2021, just after her 30th birthday, Rimes sought help by checking into a treatment facility.

“I was in a very, very dark place. I had never been alone,” the “Wholly Human” podcast host recalled. “There was always someone around, whether it be a parent or a manager, an agent or a publicist, or a husband, or whatever it was.”

Explaining her decision to seek help, she continued, “It was just time. It was time for me to break away from my deep codependency and to figure out what was chemically going on to be able to take care of myself.”

At the time she entered treatment, Rimes told PEOPLE, “This is just a time for me to emotionally check out for a second and take care of myself and come back in 30 days as the best 30-year-old woman I can be.”

Speaking about that time, Rimes called her decision to seek help “the best gift I could’ve given myself.”

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LeAnn Rimes On Surviving the “Depression” Of the Coronavirus Pandemic

In August 2021, Rimes talked about experiencing depression during the coronavirus pandemic.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been off the road for 16 months like this at one point for a solid period of time. I went back out to do my first show recently in front of thousands of people. I was so triggered,” the “Blue” singer said at the time while on The Verywell Mind Podcast with Editor-In-Chief Amy Morin, LCSW.

Added Rimes: “I’m like, oh my God, the experience that I’m having right now is so intense. And it was also like, nothing happened. I walked out, it’s like riding a bike, it didn’t feel like there were 16 months in between.”

“I recognized when I went out, how unhealthy some of this [was]. I’m like, this is not the normal experience that I’m supposed to be having,” she continued. “And I’ve been having this heightened, energetic experience for my whole life.”

She noted that the shock of returning to the stage forced her to address her mental wellbeing.

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