Selma Blair's Awe-Inspiring Battle Against Multiple Sclerosis

Selma Blair reminds us all what true human resilience looks like.

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00:00And I even got to the point where I said, I need to go to work and I have to stay awake.

00:12I dropped my son off at school a mile away and before I got home I'd have to pull over

00:17and take a nap.

00:27And I was ashamed and I was doing the best I could and I was a great mother, but it was

00:34killing me.

01:04Tears of panic, they were tears of nothing.

01:13I now had to give in to a body that had loss of control and there was some relief in that.

01:34I'm still an actress, Mama's still got to bring home the bacon, I'm a single mom.

02:04Let's meet again next year and see if I'm better or if I'm not.

02:29And I can still have a conversation, that's good enough.

02:32I was a little scared of talking and even my neurologist said, no, this will bring

02:37a lot of awareness because no one has the energy to talk when they're in a flare up.

02:47But I do, because I love a camera.