I am a 20 year old woman and got diagnosed with MS in January 2024. I also have a bunch of Mental health issues which I had even before MS which is why I live in a shared apartment for mentally ill adults. We all have our issues here but we usually get along quite well. I have been gradually telling everyone about my MS when I felt the time was right. I didn't feel like keeping it a secret, but I'm kind of regretting it now.
Last Thursday we went on a trip to Italy and it all went kind of fine until the end when one woman from my shared apartment started coming at me for no obvious reason. I won't recount the whole incident but practically she told me it's always about me and my MS. This obviously hit me pretty hard. Yes, MS is making me anxious sometimes and I sometimes talk to our caretakers about it, but I never felt like it should have bothered someone else this much. Today my best friend told me she heard the woman saying: "I'm mad that someone I know isn't feeling as bad as I thought they would" I'm not sure what she thought would happen after she attacked me emotionally, but if she expected me to end up in a psych ward....i almost did so congratulations on that i guess. Some people really are monsters. Sorry for the vent.