I think too that MS can change the way others judge you. Messed up facial muscle tone can lead to others misunderstanding a MSers’ mood. For example, I’m a smiley person in general even if im not feeling it. But when im fatigued, i have a more apparent half of mouth smile, less fullness in my cheeks, and less twinkle squint in my eyes. I see it in pictures taken of me and wonder if others familiar with my smiling charm (: see me and think Im less happy or gasp grumpy. I wonder how that changes the way others interact with me in public if my resting smiling face looks more like a resting witch...??? Just want to throw idea out there that when people in public see a seemingly healthy person frowning and sitting pasively on bench, it might impact the way the person with MS is treated, generally. This makes me fee even more disabled to feel others misinterupt my outward appearance as passivr grumpy sloth when I am not (generally speaking

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