I don’t normally write this sort of post but coming up to two years in to this crazy journey I had an experience today. Fell over (AGAIN!) for the fourth time this year. Only two of them were definitely MS related, one was mud and today was… it was dark so maybe I just tripped because I’m a clutz. Either way, I ran into my other half on the way home. They acted very concerned about the amount of times that’s happened this year and I felt crap. Normally I would shrug it off as just one of those things but the reaction got me feeling like a failure, like a liability. When we got home they hugged me and didn’t say any more, I was hoping for something more comforting. So I said I felt bad and like a liability, they replied they never said that and those feelings were my problem to deal with. After a few minutes pondering it occurred to me that they have a point. I am my own worst critic and I’m so busy showing the world I have MS and I’m fine! …maybe I’m not so fine after all. I suppose the entire point of writing this is that it’s ok to not be ok. We’re all going through a lot even if we don’t have super mega awful symptoms yet. Be kind to yourselves folks, sometimes you’re the only one that can be. Mind yourselves.