#relationships - Shift.ms

3 Aug 2022 10:52Last reply 15 Aug 2022 03:23

Marriage / relationships and MS

Hi there! Is anyone else struggling with your relationships after the diagnosis? I personally feel that Ms changed me a lot and my wife seems to miss the person I was… and that I will never be again. Also, sometimes I feel “flat” like my emotions are not fully out, I think Ms changed that too. Very...

Dublin, Ireland

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@billyshift

10 Aug 2022 09:28Last reply 12 Aug 2022 09:15

A brilliant podcast about MS and relationships that you need to hear

Hey everyone 👋 Before reading on, can I ask a favour. Can you comment down below with your relationship status? (Just one word will do)👇 It’d be cool to know so we can make more podcasts focused on what you need! I recently guested on the MS Trust podcast which explored how MS affects dating, rel...

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@billyshift

21 Jul 2022 09:34Last reply 10 Aug 2022 10:50

Help needed: relationships & MS 💚

Good morning everyone 👋 Billy here. I'm going to be a guest on the MS Trust podcast soon. We're going to be talking about relationships & MS; dating, marriage, friends etc. Any topics you'd like us to cover or questions you want to ask? Let me know below👇

Birmingham, United Kingdom

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@rosaleenh

1 Aug 2022 12:43 Edited

Relationships, Loneliness and Depression

I am 41, I was diagnosed with MS 11 years ago. I suffer alot with depression as I score high in having Adverse Childhood experiences (abuse etc.). I go to therapy. I've found the last 1.5yrs incredibly difficult. I have now lost all my family as my father died a yr and a half ago. My brother was kil...

@billyshift

19 Apr 2021 16:11Last reply 20 Apr 2021 08:11

How has MS impacted your close relationships? #MSAwarenessWeek

Hello everyone! This year for MS Awareness Week, myself and the Shift.ms team have worked with some amazing volunteers to make a series of videos called ‘We Asked 13 MSers’, in which they share their experiences of navigating close relationships while living with MS. MS Awareness is a continual pro...

Shrewsbury, England, United Kingdom

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@Cam0493

9 Sep 2014 16:34Last reply 4 Oct 2020 10:49

Relationships

It might have been talked about but I'm married and to start with he was great but now he's not interested and even had 2 affairs. The thing he's staid he needed to get away the first time. The second which I think he's still doing or yet another he really wants nothing to do with me and sleeps down...

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@bLeThEr89

13 Apr 2020 21:17Last reply 21 Apr 2020 08:27

Young-ish relationships?

I have been in a relationship with my partner for 9 years, we were together for about 1.5 years when the MS hit bad, he stuck through it, not without upset, but here we are 9 years later, when we get into arguments it always reverts back to “I stuck with you through your illness” which I take on bo...

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@Margaret_Barrie

6 Mar 2020 10:28Last reply 9 Mar 2020 00:58

Relationships

I hope I am not alone with this problem but need advice has anybody tried viagra for women my sister told me it's a thing I can try to get my mojo back my husband is so caring and understanding about my complete lack of lust but I actually really miss the intimacy I love my husband so much and he i...

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@Lauren_Bailey

15 Dec 2019 03:36Last reply 16 Dec 2019 16:11

Relationships

Hey everyone, I’ve just joined and thought I’d ask when dating how do people bring this up? I feel like I’m going to be single forever haha

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@Constantine_Rosalie

30 Jun 2019 12:31Last reply 4 Jul 2019 07:54

relationships

Hello everyone. I was diagnosed with MS about 8 months ago. Since then my relationship with my boyfriend has been going down the toilet (we have been together for almost 2 years). We always fight over stupid reasons, I end up feeling sad or angry and eventually cry my eyes out. My self esteem is...

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@keepupthefight

8 Sep 2018 17:05Last reply 16 Sep 2018 08:29

Family and relationships

Evening all, Without going into my whole life story ( it would take a while, and I don’t want to push you all over the edge..😂). But let’s say, my family was never functional, but guess, whose is? That said, I lost my father a few years before diagnosis, and I have never been close to my mother. ...

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@rwms30

28 Jan 2016 19:29Last reply 27 Nov 2017 14:15

relationships..

Ahh love relationships and Ms! How's a disabled guy suffering from a complex disease like Ms find the right woman!? I don't mind explaining the basics about how ms might affect ME but it always seems to become a problem with US... thanks ms! #not :-/

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@ScottEvans

13 Nov 2017 06:53Last reply 23 Nov 2017 19:43

Relationships with ms

Hi how do you get over relationship problems with ms I'm married with two young children but find I feel so guilty if I need a nap or struggle to do something. I get the feeling my wife is just taking the uff and thinking I'm lazy and it's starting to get to me.

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@Amy2107

14 Sep 2016 15:13Last reply 17 Sep 2016 12:33

MS and Relationships

I'm looking for advice on how to handle discussing MS with a partner. I've been diagnosed with MS for nearly 18 months now, and now it is starting to have a very negative effect on my relationship, to the point he wants to end our 2 and a half year relationship. He wants to end it because I don't t...

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@barryb

29 Apr 2016 07:33Last reply 2 Jul 2016 13:26

Relationships and having MS

Hi All, My partner of almost 22 years no longer wants to be with me, we have no children, has anyone been in the same boat? I don't think I can ever open up to anyone else again in the same way, hell we met when I was 21, is this it now? Who would want to be with someone with this disease? Excuse...

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@Ginge07

28 Nov 2015 13:05Last reply 30 Nov 2015 11:14

Relationships

How many Ms sufferers who were single at diagnosis are still single? Especially after disability kicks in

Diagnosis

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@KrisP

5 Apr 2015 09:43Last reply 5 Apr 2015 16:04

Relationships

Any advice on how to deal with this? I'm currently not diagnosed but having ALOT of problems which make it more and more likely. The issue I'm having is looking forward to the future or planning anything, I also find it hard seeing other people get on with life when I'm struggling. On top of this my...

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@janep

10 Mar 2015 14:34Last reply 25 Mar 2015 11:27

Impact of MS in relationships

Hi Everyone, I’m a shift community member and in my day job I’m a psychology researcher. I am currently involved in an application to the MS Society for a new research project aiming to develop an intervention to support couples where one partner has MS. As part of the application we’d like to sh...

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@tamarap

6 May 2012 18:24Last reply 9 Jun 2012 05:27

Relationships

I have a question to ask people's advice on. In Aug 2008 I was diagnosed with MS from an episode in optic neuritis. I got married in Sept 2008 (planned a year before) to my seemingly supportive husband. In Aug 2010 I had to part from my husband as he said "MS wasn't what he signed for". At the ti...

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@JoR

21 Jun 2010 22:00Last reply 24 Jun 2010 10:09

Relationships

Hey everyone, The MS Soc in London is holding an event about MS and relationships in November, covering topics like socialising, sex and dealing with family. Does anyone have advice on issues youâ€™d want covered? Does this sound like an event you'd consider going to? Any advice appreciated. Jo

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