'The reality is waiting for a cure isn't living. Accepting who you are is living.' — MollyBOfficial
, after losing her vision."My situational depression was triggered by my vision loss and the bullying that I was experiencing because of that," Burke told POPSUGAR."And it led to me dealing with suicidal ideation." Burke attended five different schools growing up in Canada in the hopes of getting the best education for herself as a blind student and to escape that bullying.
"The bullying was a constant throughout my life, but once bullying was coupled with my vision loss, it just all became too much," Burke recalled. Being 14 is an overwhelming time for most newly minted teenagers as it is."You're getting ready to transition to high school, and you're going through a lot of self-discovery, figuring out your own sense of style, starting to date, having puberty and hormone changes," she said.
The journey to recover from her situational depression was exactly that: a journey"with ups and downs," as Burke described it. Working on all facets of health —"mind, body, soul" — was key. She found spirituality and started seeing a nutritionist"to fuel my body with foods that really built me up and made me strong.
"I realized that I cannot be angry at society's ignorance towards me if I'm not willing to do anything to actively educate society to stop it."Burke's outlet for her depression — a healthy, positive way to express her emotions — was writing music, singing, and being in a band, leading her to connect with fellow musicians."We were a good ol' angsty punk rock band," she added .
Burke was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after an accident a few weeks following her 20th birthday where she almost broke her neck ."I was a full-time motivational speaker at the time, so the thing that I did every single day, all day, for a living suddenly became a source of trauma and fear for me," she said.
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