Prayers are pouring in for Paige Spiranac this week.
The 32-year-old golf influencer is opening up about her struggles. Spiranac, who played collegiately at the University of Arizona and San Diego State, has been absent from social media as of late. She's revealing why.
Spiranac has been going through some mental health struggles.
“I am in a bit of a funk, a rut if you will, and its not like a one or two day thing,” Spiranac said. “This has been going on for a little bit. I feel like I’ve just been so in my head about everything and I’m just trying to work through it. I think that’s why I haven’t been posting as much because I am just overthinking everything and I just feel like my anxiety has taken control.
“I’m trying to push myself outside of that and post more and get back to what I was doing before. I feel like I haven’t been active because I’ve just been in my own head, in this kind of funky rut and we’re working through it.”
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Spiranac has been trying to deal with it.
“I almost felt bad for myself for such a long time and I was frustrated why people weren’t seeing me in a certain way or seeing me for me,” she said. “And then I realized that they’re only seeing what I’m showing.
“I can sit there and I can complain about it, or I can do something about it. And that’s showing more of myself and my personality. I think that I put so many walls up because this job can be draining sometimes and quite soul-sucking. I think I put barriers up to protect myself and started to morph and change into a person that I didn’t really recognize and that I didn’t see as well.
“This year it’s more about showing and less explaining and trying to defend myself and just being who I am.”
Golf fans thinking of Spiranac
"Good for you for opening up so much," one fan wrote.
"Thinking of you. It's OK to not be OK," one fan added.
"Praying for you, Paige, it's going to be OK," another fan added.
"Thinking of Paige tonight. Hope she starts to feel good soon," one fan added.
Our thoughts are with Paige as she battles what she is going through. Get well soon, Paige.