In Need of Healing

Molly’s Story

Hi, my name is Molly Morton, and on Wednesday September 13th, 2023, I will be checking myself into Blue Fire Wilderness Therapy Camp in Idaho for two months. It took a lot of courage for me to ask for help. Please share my story if you feel it will help others.

I was in and out of foster care from the age of 2 months to 10 years old. At the age of 10 I was adopted by my loving and supportive parents. This began what I thought was my new life of stability, healing and being loved. I did have all of those things and more.

However, I always wrestled with the demons inside. My demons include, but are not limited to, self-hatred, depression, anxiety, feeling unloved and unwanted, not being able to recognize when I had successes, not able to stand up for myself and my well being, letting others manipulate and use me to get what they wanted to make themselves feel better.

In the fall of 2020, I was a junior in high school isolated at home and glued to a computer screen because of COVID. I sank to the lowest level ever in my life. I began researching ways to end my life. Thanks to a friend, my mom and dad, I was able to get help.

Fast forward to the fall of 2023. I was isolated in my room for days, didn’t want to shower, didn’t want to eat or drink, could have cared less about my life, was glued to my cell phone and was living in a fantasy world of doing what others on social media wanted me to do. I felt wanted and needed by complete strangers for all the wrong reasons. I felt lost in a world of hate and hated every fiber of my being. Even though I was going to therapy once a month (that is all the insurance would cover), my parents were concerned and when my mom asked me what I needed, I told her, “I need help and want to go to the hospital so someone could tell me how to live my life.”

My parents began to research help for me and together this was how we found Blue Fire Wilderness Therapy Camp. This is where I'm asking for your help, which is very difficult for me to do. Please, if you could give even the smallest amount to help me and my parents pay for this very expensive and all inclusive therapy, I would be ever so grateful.

I am sharing my story to bring awareness and also help others get the help they need. My hope is someday the government will recognize that mental illnesses need to be a priority and provide funding and/or aid to all who need it.

Thank you,

Molly Morton