Paige Spiranac Opened Up About ‘PTSD’ Said “It Was A Grind Mentally And Physically”
Though not as well-known as she is now in the golf world, Paige Spiranac wasn’t always. She played professional golf when she first started her career. Even though she loved to play golf, Spiranac was unable to have a significant effect on the LPGA Tour during her younger years.
Paige Spiranac talked candidly about the highs, lows, and transformative moments that shaped her year as she wrapped out the final podcast of 2023. history the beauty and flash, Spiranac opens up about a difficult part of her history that she has decided not to bring with her into 2024.
The PTSD of Paige Spiranac
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The golf queen opens out about a deeply personal struggle that persisted from her competitive golfing days in an honest review on her podcast, “Playing a round with Paige.” The thirty-year-old disclosed that she experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of the pressure and strain associated with playing golf and keeping score.
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She mentioned a traumatic experience in the past and stated, “PTSD when it came to playing golf and keeping score.” “I played competitively in junior golf and college, golf, and year professionally. And it was a grind mentally and physically.” Her loss of enjoyment resulted from the mental and physical toll of the sport being an unbearable challenge.
The popular social media user revealed that the negative feelings linked to maintaining a high score plagued her to the extent of having panic attacks after giving up competitive golf.
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“I was in a really weird headspace where if someone whipped out a scorecard and started to write down my score, I would have a panic attack, there were just so many negative feelings that were involved with keeping score,” the woman exclaimed. She confessed that thinking back on that chapter of her life is upsetting and that she vehemently “detested” going through those memories.
