Tish Cyrus has candidly shared her experience of turning to marijuana as a form of self-medication following the emotional upheaval of her divorce from Billy Ray Cyrus and the passing of her mother, Loretta Finley.

During her appearance on “The Squeeze” podcast, hosted by Tay Lautner, Tish openly discussed her reliance on cannabis. “I’ve been very open about being a significant weed smoker,” she revealed on the Wednesday episode.

Tish, who has long grappled with anxiety, explained how cannabis became a form of medicine for her during these challenging times. “I’m a big believer in plant medicine,” she noted, adding that after losing her mother and seeing her marriage dissolve, she unknowingly began using it as a self-medicating tool.

Reflecting on the impact, she admitted, “I do think it kinda numbed all that pain.” However, when she initially attempted to quit smoking, she faced intense anxiety that left her barely functioning, unaware of the underlying cause.

Throughout the conversation, the 58-year-old elaborated on how these two significant life changes pushed her towards relying more heavily on marijuana, describing them as among the “most probably tragic things” she has faced.

“I did not, like, process or even stop to really think,” Tish shared of her “freaking rough” year.

Finley, whom Tish’s daughter Miley Cyrus affectionately referred to as “Mammie,” died at 85 in 2020.

“I was very close to my mom, and my kids were really close to my mom,” Tish said, adding that Mamie lived with them for some time while Miley filmed her Disney show, “Hannah Montana.”

“Once that was all over, we had got her a little house right beside ours. She was just a massive part of our lives.”

She continued, sharing that “her and Miley were very close. She’d go to the set with Miley and just my kids just worshiped her … when she passed, not long after that, my marriage started falling apart.”

Tish filed for divorce from her ex-husband, Billy Ray, 64, in April 2022 after 29 years of marriage. Per the court documents, she listed “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the split and claimed she had not lived with the “Achy, Breaky Heart” crooner since February 2020.

In the end, Tish credits therapy with helping her get through the rough patch in her life.

“When I started therapy, and I really started talking about my life and moving out here and my kids in the business and, what my life had been, they were like, ‘Wow.’ ”

Tish has since struck up a “beautiful relationship” with her new husband, Dominic Purcell, whom she wed in August 2023.

“It was so safe,” she told Lautner of their relationship, adding that there was “just no drama.”

“I think it gave me this place to stand still and, like, feel all these feelings,” she said.

Still, she noted that “there was no less suffering for me …. I’m sure anyone that has experienced anxiety at that level, it is horrible. Absolutely horrible, and it lasted a long time. And I just now am really learning how to deal with it, and I’m so much better. Like, I was not functioning for that year — I was just trying to survive.”