Many know actress Selma Blair as the star of Cruel Intentions and Legally Blonde, but few know she also struggled with multiple sclerosis for years. In a recent Instagram post, snuggling with a teddy bear, the star and mother wrote about what it's like living with the disease.
According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, MS is "an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body."
@etnow @SelmaBlair My love and support goes out to Selma.
There is a truth with neurogedenerative brain disease. It is uncomfortable. It is a stadium of uncontrollable anxiety at times. Going out, being sociable holds a heavy price. My brain is on fire. I am freezing. We feel alone with it even though the loving support has been a god send and appreciated. People write me asking how I do it. I do my best. But I choke with the pain of what I have lost and what I dare hope for. and how challenging it is to walk around .
@etnow @SelmaBlair Selma is an over comer and she will over come MS!!!!!!!!!! #BeatMS. #ETnow
— Kelly Ann Scovell (@Kelly Ann Scovell)
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The star left her fans with a positive message, however:
But my smiles are genuine. This is ok. Life is an adventure with many shards of awakening. I can't sleep at night but daytime I have trouble staying awake . I am a grown woman holding onto a bear that belonged to a sister type of mine. ( thank you @k.d.w.r ) we do what we can. I have a full week ahead with mothering and appointments and things to look forward to. But like many of us, I am praying. Soaking in love where I can. It's not easy. That's ok. I send love to you.
@ABC This is sad. She is a great actress. I hope she improves
