Jamie Lynn Spears discusses suffering from OCD and anxiety 'where I couldn't function'

Jamie Lynn Spears has opened up about suffering from OCD, depression, and anxiety that grew so 'all-consuming' that she 'couldn't function' — and how her daughter's near-fatal accident spurred her to seek professional help. 'The anxiety was to the point where I couldn't function,' she said, while the OCD was 'to the point where the panic attacks were all-consuming' In 2017, Maddie was riding in ATV when she flipped over into a pond, getting trapped under the water for several minutes Jamie Lynn thought her daughter would die and had a priest read her last rites 'I think that when your worst fear happens, you get a lot less afraid of everything else,' she said According to a police report, she 'overcorrected' and ended up in the pond — still secured by her seatbelt and trapped to the ATV. Jamie Lynn broke down in tears as she opened up about her rift with Britney during an appearance on Good Morning America on Wednesday She insisted that she 'doesn't know' why her relationship with her sister, 40, has broken down, claiming that she has only 'ever loved and supported' Britney Jamie Lynn revealed that she actually took steps to try and help Britney end her 13-year conservatorship, which was overseen by their father, Jamie Now, she told People: 'For the first time in my life, I feel OK.' The former Nickelodeon star also reflected on her pregnancy with Maddie when she was just 16, and how damaging the media scrutiny was — saying that it rivaled what her older sister, Britney, faced. https://t.co/kWY5S6eOU4 pic.twitter.com/VBfV6d5eHC — Good Morning America January 12, 2022 Jamie Lynn claimed that she took several steps to try and help Britney end her conservatorship, including speaking with the pop star's legal team She vehemently defended herself against accusations that she failed to assist her sibling in ending the guardianship, which was controlled largely by their father, Jamie. Jamie Lynn also addressed her sister's criticism of her performance at the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards, when she performed a remix of Britney's song Britney said in July that she was 'deeply hurt' by Jamie Lynn's decision to 'perform her songs to remixes' When asked about the way in which she describes her sister in her new memoir, Things I Should Have Said, which is due to be published on January 18, Jamie Lynn defended her decision to detail what she refers to as Britney's 'erratic, paranoid, and spiraling' behavior, insisting that she 'is allowed to say how she felt'.