Selma Blair Talks Doctor Saying She Needed a Boyfriend While Dismissing Her Pain

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Selma Blair is looking back on how doctors treated her when she was younger in regards to her pain. The 51-year-old actress has experienced pain and health issues her whole life before being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018.

In a new interview, Selma recalled doctors dismissing her pain and making up excuses as to why she was feeling the way she was, with one suggesting that maybe she just needed a boyfriend. Keep reading to find out more… “I honestly have to say, the period from three [years old] until about five years ago was hell on earth for me,” she said on NBC News’ Meet the Press. “I’m not saying I had a horrible life, but the amount of discomfort, disbelief from the kids at school, all the doctors.

I couldn’t trust myself. They were saying there’s nothing wrong with you…” “I spent my entire childhood on high antibiotics and until I develop anaphylaxis to all of them,” she continued. “And yet, it was just like, oh this dramatic girl, so that became my character.

I had a lot of medical trauma.” The interviewer mentioned how she she had one doctor tell her that maybe she needed a boyfriend. “I just cry.