Los Angeles: Multiple sclerosis is a condition that can affect the brain and spinal cord.
Before being diagnosed in 2018, Blair underwent a risky two-month hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) to activate her immune system.
The actress told Us Weekly: “When I found out I had MS – which I had for a while – things started to make a lot more sense. And I became really happy. I had problems with tremors and spasms for many years, and I would try to suppress them or keep going, or drink excessive amounts of alcohol to block out big things that I thought were mental.
“I really thought I was making it all up before I was diagnosed. I just thought, ‘Oh my god, Selma, you’re so broken inside. Accept it’. I didn’t know I wasn’t broken and I had brain tissue damage.”
The “Cruel Intentions” actress said she was “living a lie” until she was diagnosed, and has now realised her condition has more to do with how she treats others than herself, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
The actress added: “I am very happy. Yes, there are setbacks, and it breaks my heart when life goes off the rails. I was an unhappy person. I wanted happiness and good things, but I was lying because I didn’t know I was sick.”
“I convinced myself that I was just a dramatic, awkward girl who needed alcohol to get over my stutter. I could have been kinder to myself. I realised it’s not about me. It’s about how I interact with people in the world. My stutter, or dystonia, or my lack of ability to function in the sun – if it happens to me, it happens to others.”
