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@Fiachrac 

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Fiachrac

Positivity

How do people keep positive at all? I have no kids or wife/partner, I cant play my rugby which was always a huge part of my life and im not allowed into the lab where i work because of the dangerous chemicals we use. Now im a pretty positive person at the best of times but the sheer boredom through ...
Naas, Ireland
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@Tryingtostaypositive 

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Hi all, This is my first post on here. I'm newly diagnosed (a few months) and have been taking some time to try and get my head around it all. As part of this, I've thrown myself into research and have found two things that have really helped me: (1) a number of population studies showing, on the...
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@angharad 

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Hi all,new on here. Been diagnosed 3 1/2 years. Just started Kesimpta after being on Ocrevus. So far so good! Just wanna say that on Sunday I completed my first race of the year! 8 miles coastal path challenge with 1,400 feet elevation. Over the moon with my time. Living in West Wales hills and elev...
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@TonyMS47 

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What ever we are going through with the illness and with other issues going on around us. Let us remain upbeat and positive. Indeed, that is my message for today. It's tough, it's very tough. I try, I do try to smile through it.
St. Louis, MO, USA
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@Marianne_Wilson 

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Live for today. Tomarrow is a gift not promised. Find the good no matter how bad. I say no cause no cure why the pricy meds? They say they help with relapses. Hmm okay. Well, I have been on my fav copaxone for over 14years. I don't do rebif it was suicidal Tecfidera made me rudolf the rein...
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@sascha 

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Positivity

Hi Everybody. I have been diagnosed and been living with MS since 2010. Don't get me wrong it has not been easy living with this condition but then again i have been living type 1 diabeties for 18 years and that has not beaten me and that goes for MS. Don't get me wrong i have my good days and my ba...
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@Blagaman182 

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Positivity

Seem to be posting a lot recently but it’s on my brain.. has anyone got any positive stories of living with ms? Everything is so doom and gloom has anyone had the condition say for 20 years with little progression? I think everyone needs some positivity
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@MSdown 

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Hey all! Just wanted to say a big thank you for the past few days, it has meant so much to me knowing that I'm not completely mad in my thought process!!!! Had appt with Neuro and will be switching to Lemtrada....that's a whole other post! But managed to actually tell my hubby what I was feeling a...
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@jumpingJacks 

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How to deal with Fake Positivity #43

Them: You’ve got this! You: Actually, no, I don’t ‘got this.’ But thanks for your meaningless pep talk
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@LisaB2 

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Hypnosis and positivity

Hi all just wanted to share my own experience of trying to get positive with this awful disease! I’ve been absolutely rubbish at meditation and mindfulness, so decided to look at ways to help. For the last 4 weeks I’ve been attending for hypnosis and this week it feels to be a bit of a light bulb m...
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