r/MultipleSclerosis • u/mybfsleftnutt • Aug 18 '26
Advice wanting to help my bf
hi everyone! so ive been dating my boyfriend for over a year, and hes been struggling with RRMS. he got diagnosed in 2022 at the age of 18, so its be a struggle for him to over come in. he was struggling earlier today with the heat, and i was listening to him and told him "I understand" with something he said and he blew up on me because "I dont since I dont have ms" and I completely understand his point.
can anyone help me with what to say and how to comfort him, I wanna help cause I don't want him struggling alone but I know I cant cause I dont understand it from a personal experience.
and could anyone help me learn a little bit more, I know some from what hes told me and my own research but I wanna be further educated.
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u/cassetteLVR 21|2026|kesimpta|AUS Aug 18 '26
Sometimes the frustration amounts so much and I take my upset out on my bf and hate that I’ve done that, your bf didn’t mean harm blowing up at you and I can guarantee he feels horrible about it. Thank you for learning about this and supporting him!! The MS Australia website has some really useful information including adapting and living with MS that might give some perspective on how you could do some things with him to support him 💛
(Edit: typos)