I just joined yesterday and I just wanna say how absolutely amazing this site is. I've been fairly unphased by my recent diagnosis, probably because I've known there's something not quite right with me for a while so when I found out it's something that isn't terminal like cancer or motor neuron disease I was at peace. My only real concern was not having anyone around me who can understand my illness and future (probable) struggles. I'm a very big empath and part of that is that I also seek to be understood and one of the biggest pains in my life is when people don't understand how I feel. So, understandably the thought of people maybe not understanding that I am /suffering/ despite looking like a very young fit girl was daunting. My lovely LOVELY MS nurse told me to get onto this when I was talking to her about my anxiety over this when she called me yesterday morning. I'm sure I would have discovered this at some point anyway but I'm so happy I was told about it so quickly. Also, as a very typical "young person", I'm a social media junkie and I have my entire like splayed out on Twitter and Instagram so it's nice to have a dedicated space for me to talk to people, ask questions and learn from. Thank you for all the lovely comments on my first post <3