I think each of us have had to find new coping mechanisms to manage this disease.

I come from the opposite situation as you in that I had a difficult childhood, and spent most of my young adult years trying to figure out how to "control" my life so that I didn't have to live in chaos any more . . . you know, the ultimate perfectionist.

My big challenge when the MS came on was realizing I can't control everything. That forced me re-evaluate everything that I thought was important to me, then try to incorporate these new revelations into my life.

It's never easy, no matter what our history.

Cherie