Molly Burke

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1,048 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 21 Dec

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The Checkup with Doctor Mike · She Doesn't Want To Cure Her Blindness | Molly Burke · 12 Oct 2025 podcast

They continue the misinformation.

I mean, every single day I get comments that I don't look blind.

I get that I can't be blind because I can blink, because I can move my eyes, I have control over where I'm looking, that my eyes are a blue-green color and I would have foggy, glossy eyes.

All of these different things, that I can't be blind because I do my makeup and I like fashion.

So many different stereotypes and misconceptions.

Just that I'm looking at the camera as if the camera is not right in front of me, that I'm not looking directly forward.

Well, when I went blind and I threw myself a daily pity party and I was resentful and I was angry and bitter and asked, why me?

It wasn't a very good place to be.

And as I said, I was suicidal.

I really hit rock bottom.

I had a plan in mind.

And I looked at my life and I said, okay, so I have my option.

The other option in the other hand is giving myself one more chance.

But if I'm going to give myself one more chance, I have to change things because I can't expect my circumstances to change if I don't change.

And for me, it really was this realization of I can be a victim to my circumstance or I can try to change my circumstance.

And to change it, I need to get out there and proactively be a part of the solution, which is educating.

And so while I had spent my whole childhood public speaking for this charity and I had completely stopped by 14 because of my anger towards them.

I eventually decided in my teens to start public speaking again on my own terms.

So I started going to schools in my neighborhood and I would tell them about my vision loss journey and my bullying.

And I would tell them about how I live life now and how I do different things, like how I do my makeup.

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