Sara Evans says being the center of attention has often been detrimental to her physical and mental health.
The “Born to Fly” singer opened up about her concerns about public opinion and the toll it has taken on her during an appearance Monday on two-time “Dancing with the Stars” winner Cheryl Burke’s podcast “Sex, Lies.” , And Spray Tans.” ”
Evans spoke at length about how having her body under constant scrutiny has instilled in her a deep fear of gaining weight.
“I'm most afraid in the world of being fat, and that's not good. That's not normal,” Evans told Burke, and she also said that she is obsessed with hateful comments from internet trolls, and that a casual comment from a passerby can ruin her day.
Strangers are not the only offenders.
“My record label, every time I had a baby, they were like, 'When are you going to lose weight?'” she said. “So things like that just get into my head.”
The mother of three said she internalized the pressure, convincing herself that she could control others' opinions of her, “like, if I'm thin and pretty and put on a good show, then I'm loved and I want to feel loved no matter what.” let it happen.”
None of these thinking patterns are helped by the “extreme anxiety” he has suffered since childhood, he said on the podcast.
It all started with an incident in 1979, when Evans was 8 years old, he said. People in 2020. She was crossing the road bordering her family's farm in Missouri when she was hit by a car and thrown 80 feet off the road.
“When they found me, I was curled up in a ball with my left leg shattered and twisted and almost cut in two. Everyone thought she was dead,” Evans recalls in his 2020 memoir, “Born to Fly.”
He had a severe concussion and was unconscious for nearly two days, he told People. She was confined to a hospital bed for six weeks and, during that time, she said she began to feel “like I was being buried alive.”
“I had severe PTSD and anxiety, but it was the '80s and I didn't have a name for it. I don't think my mom even thought, 'Maybe I should take her to therapy,'” Evans said.
Her anxiety was later exacerbated by her parents' separation, her divorce from Craig Schelske, and another near-death experience when a plane she was traveling on malfunctioned and made an emergency landing.
But with anti-anxiety medication and support from her family, she said she has learned to cope better when she feels panic coming on.
“I still struggle,” he told People. “But I'm so grateful for every second of this life.”
Last month, Evans announced that she and her second husband, Jay Barker, were back together, more than two years after she filed for divorce and her arrest in 2022 for trying to hit Evans and her friend with her car.
. He was charged with felony aggravated assault with a weapon and ultimately entered a “best interest” plea to misdemeanor reckless endangerment. daily mail reported.
Evans announced that she and Barker would remain married during the pilot episode of her podcast on March 24. “Diving in the deep with Sara Evans”.
The “Love You With All My Heart” singer made a surprise appearance at this year’s Stagecoach Music Festival, joining Post Malone to perform their 2003 hit “Suds in the Bucket.”
