Carrie Bickmore breaks down in tears on air as she details heartbreaking 20-year health battle: 'It makes me extremely uncomfortable' READ MORE: Carrie Bickmore and Tommy Little share exciting news following dating rumours By Stephen Bisset For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:19, 13 August 2024 | Updated: 03:22, 13 August 2024 e-mail View comments Beloved Aussie radio and TV star Carrie Bickmore has broken down in tears after revealing a private 20-year struggle with anxiety and panic attacks. The heartbreaking admission from the blonde radio star, 43, came during a candid discussion with Tommy Little , 39, on their Carrie and Tommy Hit Network show. 'I've suffered from anxiety and panic attacks since I was about 20,' Carrie admitted to her co-host.
Tommy interjected, telling Carrie that he thought a lot of people listening would be as shocked as he was upon learning about Carrie's struggle, considering her apparent comfortability in the public eye. 'A lot of the time it makes me extremely uncomfortable,' Carrie replied. 'It's hard, actually, to describe what I felt.
It was like shame, I think, [and] embarrassment.' 'I don't think I really fully understood what was going on in my own head. I think talking about it almost made me feel more anxious, so I just kept it in my own head,' she added.
Carrie was then moved to tears as she recounted watching old footage of herself on Rove McManus ' Rove Live, admitting that she was in a 'permanent state of panic' during her time on .