In an interview with Barbara Walters airing this week, Miley Cyrus opens up about her SPLIT from Liam Hemsworth.

“I was so scared of ever being alone, and I think, conquering that fear, this year, was actually bigger than any other transition that I had, this entire year,” Cyrus says in a pre-taped interview, airing on Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 9:30 p.m. ET.

“I don’t ever want to have to need someone again, where you feel like, without them, you can’t be yourself. “Cyrus said she did love Hemsworth, 23, but now that she’s single she can “actually be happy.””I don’t think I realized what 19 truly is, and I got engaged at 19, and I definitely wouldn’t change being engaged,” she said. “It was so fun wearing a fat rock for a few years. But now…I wait for those moments of silence, when I’m just at my house, by myself.

“Asked if she’ll ever get married, Cyrus replied, “I think I’ll want that in the times that it needs to be.”