I hate hate hate when I go to a health professional and the first thing they say is , oh you were diagnosed at 19 , that ' s really young . Like what am I supposed to say ? Yeah life dealt me a shit card but I ' m trying not to dwell on it , I ' m doing more than I ' m supposed to and I ' m taking everything in stride ! My ObGyn commented on it when I got my IUD and I just had to say yes , I was diagnosed young and then there was an awkward silence . I already have social anxiety what else do you want from me ? ! It ' s not like this is a surprise to me . I hate when health professionals refer to my MS as anything other than a fact . Because that ' s all it is to me is a literal fact of life . I ' m just now getting over the emotional part of it and when I hear someone say oh but you ' re so young or oh but you look so good I just want to lose it . I understand that for you , as a person who doesn ' t deal with this , it ' s hard to truly understand . I would never want you to fully understand . But if you can ' t even pretend then I don ' t really want you in my life . I know that sounds super harsh but if someone can ' t just step back and think something like , I ' m not in their shoes so I really can ' t judge , then I just don ' t want to deal with you .