So I’m a clinical researcher / PhD student with an extensive published research portfolio on shared decision making and conversation in healthcare (I also have MS). My words of wisdom? This is shit. It’s allowed to be shit. You’re allowed to wallow in self pity right now because being diagnosed with MS sucks and we don’t have to pretend it doesn’t. Positive mindsets are really useful and important but so is allowing yourself space to grieve, be angry, and be tired. The positive mindset will come back. If right now you’re tired and finding it incredibly hard, that’s okay (it’s actually normal). MS is a rollercoaster, not just in relapse/remission but also in our emotions and thought patterns towards it