While speaking with Stellar<\/a>, the actress — who was diagnosed with the chronic autoimmune disorder in 2018 — gave a positive update on her health journey, and shared that she’s been relapse-free for a “couple of years,” opening up about what that means for her battle with MS.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Selma Blair Celebrates Being ‘Truly in Remission After MS Diagnosis, Thinking of Future<\/p>\n View Story\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n “That, of course, means the world to me that I’m not, at this moment, accumulating more damage in my brain,” said Blair, 53. “I have also made a lot of strides with the vibe of neuroplasticity.”<\/p>\n The Cruel Intentions actress went on to reflect, expressing her gratitude.<\/p>\n “I’m very, very lucky. Everyone’s experience with MS is different,” she told Stellar. “I think I do have a certain place [to speak publicly]. My big mouth likes to see what I can do about stigma.”<\/p>\n Blair first revealed she had been diagnosed <\/a>with MS — a “potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system),”\u00a0per the Mayo Clinic<\/a>\u00a0— in October 2018, sharing that she received her diagnosis the previous August. According to Mayo Clinic, MS can cause symptoms such as weakness, numbness, trouble walking, and vision changes<\/p>\n Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, the Legally Blonde star — who shares son Arthur, 14, with ex Jason Bleick — shared that she was “truly in remission” from the disease while speaking with\u00a0People<\/a> at The Daily Front Row’s 9th Annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards\u00a0in April.<\/p>\n “I am doing amazingly well,” Blair told the outlet. “I’ve been feeling great for about a year.”<\/p>\n While her health has clearly been on the upswing, she added that she now feels “well enough to really, genuinely … I always try and feel my best, but now that I actually have stamina and energy and getting out and going out isn’t so scary.”<\/p>\n With that renewed strength and a very different experience in the present, The Sweetest Things star finds herself looking at the future through a fresh lens, as well, sharing that she’s not really been doing that “since the diagnosis.<\/p>\n “You’re just tired all the time. I spent so much of my life so tired from being unwell that I think I just was trying to get through the day,” she added. But now, “It’s funny, I haven’t spent enough time having dreams. And now it’s like, what are my dreams?” she said. “It’s like, wait, I realize I don’t know what my goals are.”![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ff7b76f36a4e42fb9457d39e44e29fa3_xs.jpg\")
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