Originally Posted by kingrex

Here's my best advice...

Whether it's MS or anything else you don't want to address...when someone asks me a question I don't want to answer, I do just that - I don't answer. They usually ask a second time, at which point I may look directly at them for a couple of seconds, then go back to what I was doing. If they haven't gotten the message at that point, they will after the third time.

The point is this: why become uncomfortable? Let them become uncomfortable, if that's what it takes. Whatever, just maintain control of how you want to feel. If you start trying to come up with a response to a question that you'd prefer to not answer, then you are giving control of your mental state to someone else. Never allow that to happen.

It doesn't have to be confrontational; in fact, it can even be amusing. Now, occasionally someone will take offense at your measured silence. Just keep your control and only respond if you feel like it. My final comment, all other things failing, would simply be, "I don't want to discuss it."

You're not on the witness stand - you don't have to engage anyone if you don't want to. Your mind is your own, private space.

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