Gold medal Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney has opened up about a health crisis which led to her hiatus from social media.
The 28-year-old Maroney rose to fame at the 2012 Olympic Games in London as part of the “Fierce Five” U.S. Olympics gymnastics team which won gold. Maroney also took home a silver medal in the vault.
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Maroney may have been even more well-known for her “not impressed” meme which became an internet phenomenon as Maroney appeared “not impressed” on the medal podium after winning the silver medal in the vault.
After quite a long hiatus from social media, Maroney returned to Instagram on Wednesday where she boasts nearly 1.4 million followers.
According to Maroney, she has been struggling with both her physical and mental health and has “been in survival mode” since May 2023.
“I’ve been gone for a while because my health has been BAD!!” Maroney wrote in an Instagram story.
“Been in survival mode since last May really, so it’s been tough – but God has been with me, and he has delivered me from things I’m in awe over.
“It’s been a wild experience. Since January he’s been speaking to me 3/13 … 3/13 … 3/13 … I didn’t know what he meant or what he was going to do.
“God uses 13 a lot with me because my dad died on 1/13 – so it’s a meaningful number for me…
“Well – today was my first day back in the gym, since last September,” Maroney continued.
“Anyway – a month or so ago things with my health got EVEN WORSE!!”
Maroney continued,
“I started having insane anxiety for no reason out of nowhere, it was like a two-week-long panic attack, adrenaline dumps, burning weird nerve pain.
“Plus weird histamine-type itching that I’ve been having since September. Not regular skin itching. It’s internal. It’s like I’m getting bit by misquotes [sic] all over. It literally hurts. Or like rubber bands snapped on me all night.
“I was already having severe insomnia so for two weeks[,] I didn’t sleep. I would just walk my neighborhood at 5 a.m. because it was so uncomfortable to be in my body.
“I had to do something. I was grateful if I fell asleep at 6 a.m.
“Well… drum roll I found out low iron, ferritin has been the cause of most [of] my health issues for the last year, but really since 2021.”
Thankfully, it seems like Maroney has gotten her health straightened out, and hopefully we will be seeing a bit more of her on social media.
