The Turning Point: How I Turned My Depression Into Strength
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- My story about turning my depression into strength.
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My whole life I've struggled with mental illnesses and bullying. When I was ten I was diagnosed with Schizophrenia, Bipolar depression, and anxiety. Once that came out, my school/social life got even worse for me, because suddenly people were scared of me, or saw me as a even more of a freak, even if I hadn't really changed. It got to the point where I had to be home schooled for years. I didn't really have any friends, and I felt helpless. I always asked God why he gave me these problems. I didn't think it was fair. There were many times where I wanted to just give up and kill myself. But I kept going. And every day when I made the decision to keep going, I got stronger.
Skip ahead to when I was 17 and I began losing my eyesight to an autoimmune disorder called Chronic Relapsing Inflammatory Optic Neuropathy. I got angry with God. Why did I have to lose my sight when I already had to deal with severe mental illness? All I could think was that it wasn't fair. But still, even when I knew that one day I wouldn't see any more, I kept going. And every day, choosing to live and make the most of what I did have, I got stronger.
My family always told me that God doesn't give us more than we can handle. God gave me these things because he knew I was strong enough all along.
I'm nearly 20 now, and I'm living with and engaged to the love of my life. My eyes don't work quite right. I battle my own mind every day with my mental illness. And yet, I keep going. And I know I can continue to keep going, even if things get worse than they are. Because that's just who I am. What I've been through has made me strong.
I pray that the lord sets you free, especially from all that mental crap. Ive been struggling with some mental diseases, but thats why jesus died, to cleanse us and renew our minds with his blood. I pray that you find a church where they practice inner healing and deliverance led by the holy spirit. I dont want to tell my whole story, but I don't believe anybody is meant to live forever with mental disorders if they believe in Jesus and have received the holy spirit. I was in such a bad state I ended up in psychiatry but since (I had to really subdue my life onto gods will) I've been pushing for my healing and god has set me free from so so much already, that I'm still wounded in my soul but stable enough to live a normal life WITHOUT mental disorders!! And I know that one day I'm gonna be completely healed. If god can do it for me he'll do it for you! Keep on praying and he will give you the keys to your healing. Be blessed.
Lou Williams the first few sentences happend to me except I’m still 10 and still have depression, my mom was murdered right in front of me last summer
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Disease commonly being pathologically centered in many who have schizophrenia. It's relatively new medical findings, but def worth investigating and possibly saving the last bit of any progression in sight loss!
'When I stopped speaking, I stopped fighting for myself to be understood.' Thank you for this
I just can't tell you enough how inspiring and empowering you are😘😘 you are one of the strongest people I've ever seen
What kind of person bullies a blind person ? This depressed me even more.
I'm 4 years Molly's senior. So I was in high school at the time. But if I could have I would have gone down to Molly's school and take it up with the principal as someone who was bullied myself and I'm sighted. To tell them they need to deal with this *** and I'm not taking no for an answer.
Thank you so very much. I always considered myself to be very stubborn, and i have been criticized for it. You have made me realize that my stubbornness is really inner strength. I have been legally blind for 3 years and struggling with depression all my life. Your words have given me a “light bulb moment”. I am stronger than i know. Molly you are a blessing!!
I am 18 years old I have struggled with depress anxiety and poor self image for most of my life it got really bad about 5 years ago but I was officially diagnosed and began my journey to finding strength only about 4 years ago its still a struggle but I have an amazing support system in my mom, my grammie, my council and a few of my close friends. They help me so much At my worst I could barely get out of bed and often found myself contemplating self harm and even suicide. Luckily I got help before I actually tried either. Now while I still have days horrible days where I feel like its not worth it to go on they are few and far between and like I said I have amazing people in my life to lean on when those days do come. On top of that I am a CNA student and often find that going to the nursing homes and helping the residents feel better really helps me. Strong feeds strong and the men and women there are so strong and invaluable when it comes to helping me find my strength.
Your so empowering. Please keep doing what you do. Because your amazing.
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try to find here old friends and see how she really is lol
Oscar S Jaure You spelled her wrong
You spelled "you're" wrong.
Molly, I have been struggling with some mild anxiety and you saying that a huge way to cope with mental illnesses is helping others brought tears to my eyes because I realize I need to do that and this anxiety will fade. Thank you so much.
Molly, your unabashed enjoyment of public speaking is slowly chipping away at a long-held fear of mine. I actually love speaking to an audience-I have an inexplicable desire to connect people to stories, ideas, and resources that can encourage and inspire. And when I'm talking to a crowd, I feel bizarrely at ease and content. But I've always been reluctant to pursue speaking opportunities, fearing that others will perceive me as attention-seeking or that my experiences aren't important enough to be shared. There's just something about the way you've kept at this line of work... How you are unapologetically interested in sharing your story with others, obviously believing it's a valid way to make a difference. I don't know. You're just changing the way I see things.
I am going through very tough situations in my life... But after watching you... I realised it's far easier than your life... Thank you so much Molly for inspiring so many people...
I have been depressed, I'm still depressed but these help me feel better about myself and help me understand that I don't have it so bad and it is helping with my depression
Thank for this message. My bipolar disorder and PTSD has been crippling at times and the best medicine I found over a life time of emotional rollercoasters was hoping others get past there trials.. it fuels and he's me and has opened doors and brought other to help me.. I see a community that too many don't see see.. thanks for your words and work
You're doing a great job, Molly. Having watched your videos, I've come to truly appreciate the lives that blind people live. Thank you.
i love you. your videos are amazing.
Hello Molly! Thank you so much for posting this video. I look up to you very much. When I was young so was told what to say and pushed in to public speaking. I want to start a blog now in the same way. I feel empowered helping irger, but the one thing Zi will say is it also helps you help yourself, because you rewrite your story, and you are your own hero. Anyway my story is that I was born totally blind and for whatever reason astonished the doctors by gaining some sight. No one can tell me anything about my eyes, as the condition is so rare. Doctors poked and prided at nev saying, "Look! That is so cool!" It made me feel seen and not heard. I told my mother I liked when people listened to me when speaking. She misunderstood and thought I'd become arrogant, so she put me down and gave me a so called reality check. She may think that she is protecting me, but all she did was encourage a low self esteem. She told me because of my eyes I would never be seen as pretty. Then I got awfully sick when I was 9. I had been exempt from lots of things in school, even art to learn reading and writing. Then I was suffering with a lit of pain. Two years later I was told I had Crohn's Dusease. Slowly my life got harder, and Zi felt helpless, so I stopped trying. About 23, I got in to holistic medicine and spirituality. Now I am a practicing Wiccan. All those things are hard when you don't have visdion, so that is what my blog is about, empowering those of life chalkenges, with a spiritual flar, including as many religions and alternative resources as possible. I believe in all. All paths lead home. We are all one! Elyse Rosewood
I'm literally crying. Love you so much, keep doing what youre doing.
Thank you very much. Reminded me of my own turning point and taking back my own identity. Still in the process of healing, but you gave me the motivation to steel myself and plow through. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
This morning I learned about the Japanese concept of "ikigai"...or, the reason each of us has for getting out of bed every day, our passion. We don't always know what our ikigai is, but in this concept of human life, we all have one, and it's said "there are two most important days in each of our lives: the day we are born and the day we discover why." Big hugs to you! This video is so impactful and so are you.
Your Dove ad played before this video for me! So excited for you, thank you for being so inspiring by living so boldly.
Wow thank you for beeing such a lovely person. You really made my day with this video.
You kill it every time pretty lady. Your videos make me feel human again. Thank you
Very empowering.
I love this channel! You are an awesome person, and I've learned so much from you. Thank you so much. Oh, and you are so beautiful and I love your style! :)
My older brother has RP and today show him one of your videos, he is also a youtuber but his is a game challenge, and I just like the way his eyes ligth up and he almost tear I think.
So much of what you talk to us about reminds me of being LGBT in middle school. I remember being attacked plenty of times because people just perceived me as gay (I didn't come out until I was 19) and I would be suspended because I was involved in the fight even after telling the teachers and principles what was happening to me. My parents weren't willing to help. It was a very hard time and I wanted to die. Eventually I decided I wouldn't even speak and that didn't help things at all. I'm a lot happier now. You had to deal with losing your sight and I thought that I had it hard.. you're so strong and funny and I wish that back then I had access to people encouraging me like you do for people now. Perhaps there were resources but I didn't know how to access them in rural Tennessee. Thanks again. Keep making funny videos too!
I'm not LGBT, but I've struggled similarly. So, you're not the only one. Reaching out, is one of the best things that any of us can do when we're struggling with big & tough issues. I really liked what you said. Thanks for saying it.
Thank you Molly this really help me be happier and more understanding that other people have problems worse then me. Love you so much. 💖
Hi Molly. I suffer with depression, but am still on the road to recovery. It seems along way away at the moment,. I found this video helpful. Thank you. x
Preach. You're awesome.
This video needs more views! Ty for sharing your story.
Great story molly you are wise beyond your years thank you for sharing your story
you are truly incredible Molly!
your hair is stunning in this video! You always look stunningly beautiful though💙
You're so awesome!!! You are so positive and inspiring. I really love watching your videos! You do such an amazing job!!!!
You and your videos are amazing! Keep up the great work!
My depression started in 7th grade, or at least that's when I remember recognizing that something was wrong. In the beginning of eighth grade was when I started self harming, which was the worst idea I've ever had in my life, because two years later it's still controlling every part of my life. Every time I get better, I get worse soon afterwards and every time I get worse I reach a new all time low. And when I do get better it lasts anywhere from a few months to a few days. I'm not really sure how long I can keep doing this. I asked my mom to get me a therapist and she never did, probably because I lied to her and told her that I wasn't cutting again (ha again, as if I ever stopped) and with every day I see how many people don't care about me and I'm really struggling to see the point. But I have this friend who's in eighth grade now, and they are going through the same thing I went through/ am going through, and the only reason I'm still here is because I know that if I died, my best friend would too. And this is a selfish thing to say, but even that is starting to not matter anymore. Wow, I'm such a terrible person I don't even care if my best friend lives or dies...
This is such an amazing story!
your such an inspiration.
You're so strong!
thank you SO much!
I have a similar story but I am a bigender, deaf, ill and blind.
Molly, love everything you do! :) 2 things:
I think TH-cam next up is on, if it's on in Canada you should totally do it!!
the second thing, what camera and lens do you use to record? the composition and image always looks great :)
sorry for your struggles 😘
Love you Molly ~
I love this!
Nice vid and great hair, Molly!
You are so beautiful and amazing! I just love you and your video's
Could you make a video of how you work out ? Thanks a lot :) :*
Molly you are beautiful and how long does it take for you to get use to moved furniture or do you keep the same setup I've been wondering how that works
+MollyBurkeOfficial *Congratulations on landing a spot in a Kellogg's® public-service program!* The Kellogg Foundation fields a number of PSA threads consistent with the current (as of 2017) Special K® story series.
I love you..
I have a question. When you lost the majority of your vision, was it like you woke up one morning and it was gone, or was it closer to a rapid deterioration, waking up each morning with less and less vision?
Hello Molly iam Sighted i live in Western Australia and i have battled depression for a long time Iam 21 and iam a domestic violence survivor and my violence came from my father and his wife and it lasted two years and I was mentally and physically and financially abused I didn't think I was going to survive it I was paying my father rent of 320 a fornight out of my disability payment and he was getting cares payment for me and last year I told him I was going to stop paying him rent cause I wanted a life of my own and he said if u don't have that money in his bank account by midday I will have no choice to take you to court my heart dropped my own father saying that so I went to the police and they didn't do anything so the next morning I got a lawyer and I went to court myself and I got a restraining order against him and then I had to go again cause he objected the order then I had to face him and his wife in court and I won now he can't talk to me or see me for two yearsno when i had depression my dads put me on sudice watch and then his wife this is why i can't say her name. i came home one night and she was sooo angry that i hadn't done it she wanted me gone and she went into the kitchen and grabbed a knife and i thought she was making dinner but she wasn't i was very wrong it was for me she came into my bedroom and she put the knife on my bed right in front of me and said if u wanna kill your self here you go and stood there watching me cry and scream but they were too loud cause they were laughing and my father just stood there did nothing i picked it up to try to get them to stop laughing it didn't work but then my father i can't call him dad anymore he picked up and took it away that was just after my 20th birthday so i didn't think i would make it to 21 i thought that night was the end that's what my song on my youtube channel the Night I Can't Move on From is about
Great video Molly!!
I love, love love your videos..oh, I must say..you look Adorable in those cute overalls!! 😊
There's two mys in the title.
how did you become so comfortable being in front of a camera and starting your channel?
Karli Marie she's on tv and doing public speaking in front of thousands of people.
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You are soooo massiv beautiful!!!
Interesting video, but why is it all addressed towards women? Starting from the statistics at the opening of the video, to Molly's wish near the end? Should I leave?
LforLight It's for the "Strong Feeds Strong" program for Special K.
LforLight More women also buy Special K for nutrition than men so they knew more women would be responding.
it says my twice
that cactus makes me nervous
Why is it only about women? Men go through depression too.
Scarlet Goose Because she is a woman..?(that question mark was my attitude. Not a question) And I can't really see a men talking like a woman does. Woman are more filled with compassion and aspiration. Can you see a man, sitting there like she did. And spilling her emotions out. Like nothing else matters? Because I can't. Men hide their emotions, they don't really have the strength (and I really do mean this in a nice way, because it finds them more attractive) to do such things. I can't really see a man doing these things that define who a woman is.
What about men
thanks to got I'm a man..they never get a depression.
Ro Li This is for the Special K program. Link is in her description.
Ro Li Women are by far the hugest consumers of Special K cereal, too, and this program was guaranteed to get an audience and numerous responses, just like Activia would for women as well as some other food brands.
If you suffer from depression, you should go to therapy. You're not gonna get help from someone on the internet. You don't just ''get over'' depression ,either.
Vicky
they just want attention and a reason to talk about themselves HAHAHA. if you feel bad there are dope that you can use. there's weed, G, pills, beer and black AKA Heroin
The chemical and hormonal imbalances associated with major depressive episdoes have so many influences... I sincerely doubt you actually have any type of degree or credential or else you would know better.... maybe it didn't work for you once but it is a really shitty thing to do to discourage other people from seeking help that coupld potentially improve their quality of life. You two are are belittling the struggles of a teenaged girl going blind? What is wrong wth you?? I would not be remotely surprised if you both live alone and sexually frustrated lol. If not I sincerely hope your significant other never faces down a disability because you will certainly be LIKE NO HELP.
She never said you just get over it. She wanted to make people feel like they weren't alone, that's all. Speaking out about it helps her, and sometimes talking about my own struggles and relating to others helps me as well. I'm sure she meant no harm
you are somewhat right but only in the sense that you don't just get over it but she did not say that either, and if you feel like therapy is something that would help you then by all means go but you cant just be like "they cant help you, go get a therapist because you are mentally unstable" we are all human and we all go through depression at one time or the other and for people where its a chemical imbalance its longer and more harsh its not something that makes us different then anyone else and it is extremelly hard to get out of it when your in it and she is telling the world that getting through it just makes us stronger so are you kidding me with this comment
Holy crap why would you even say anything like that?? Grow up already Mysterious Kommando