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"Carrie Underwood has revealed that she previously suffered from panic attacks. The singer explained in an interview with Marie Claire that her newfound fame after her appearance on American Idol had a big effect on her.  &amp;quot;At the beginning of my career, I used to have panic attacks,&amp;quot; Us Weekly quotes her as saying. &amp;quot;People were touching me, screaming - it made me really nervous. In public, I just get nervous. It&amp;#039;s a physical reaction, feeling like the walls are closing in.&amp;quot; Underwood added: &amp;quot;The fans are great. It&amp;#039;s not their fault. I don&amp;#039;t ever want to come across as ungrateful. But on my end, it is hard for me to process. Because I am still just me.&amp;quot;  Underwood, who revealed that her husband Mike Fisher describes her as the &amp;quot;queen of awkward moments&amp;quot;, also admitted that she&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;not a mushy person at all&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;We were never a huggy family,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;Or a &amp;#039;let&amp;#039;s talk it out&amp;#039; family. Technically I have siblings, but they are quite a bit older than me - I was the accident - so I have the only child syndrome going on. I&amp;#039;m a little more selfish, a little more independent, a little closed.&amp;quot; Underwood added: &amp;quot;I do wish I were softer. I wish I were able to form relationships better. But hey, I mean... I&amp;#039;m not a sociopath!&amp;quot;  It recently emerged that Underwood will record a new theme for Sunday Night Football, which will be unveiled during the NFL season kickoff game on September 8. View all of today&amp;#039;s best celebrity pictures - Photo gallery:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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