Overview

• Pearce detailed her experience on Bunnie Xo’s Dumb Blonde podcast released Aug. 25.
• She once believed her anxiety started in 2020 during her divorce, but therapy helped her recognize a much earlier onset.
• She described childhood compulsions like repeatedly checking her backpack and alarm and an intense fear of storms.
• Pearce said she adopted perfectionist behaviors she observed in her mother, noting she is not placing blame.
• She said she still struggles, has resumed therapy, and recalled pausing shows and fighting to stay composed during interviews.