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Stress is bad for everyone, but it seems especially so for people with MS. I had heard that stress could very well trigger a flare-up and always kept that thought in the back of my mind. How on earth do you control stress? You can’t. Plain and simple.

I found myself thinking non-stop about stress and MS, to the point where I realized if I kept it up much longer, I would indeed have a flare-up. So, I decided to stop stressing about stress and just face my day as everyone else does. I consider myself lucky because besides the usual stressors (family issues, financial issues, health issues) I really don’t have much else to stress about. I have a terrific, loving and supportive husband and daughter. We are by no means well off, but we have a roof over our heads, food to eat, clothes to wear. Even my CIS/MS is not off the charts.

I think the unknown is where my newfound stress stemmed from. The “what-if” questions. What if my husband, God-forbid, passes away? What if my daughter gets MS? What if we lose our house? I then realized that everyone has their what-if questions. And you know what? It’s perfectly normal. Of course we will all have these thoughts; we are human. So I have chosen to no longer be plagued by stressful thoughts. I’ve chosen instead to focus on the good in each given day. Some days are filled with good things, other days you have to really scrape the bottom of the barrel to find the good. I know it is easier said than done, but what is the alternative? The bottom line is the good is there, it’s always there…you just can’t let stress block the view.

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