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Before she announced her multiple sclerosis diagnosis on Instagram in October 2018—just two months after receiving the news herself—Selma Blair’s doctors had urged her not to go public. At the time, Blair was working on the science fiction Netflix show called Another Life and she wanted to write a post publicly acknowledging the wardrobe designers for being so accommodating of her symptoms on set. “Everyone has something,” the team supportingly reminded her anytime she fell into a fit of tears—one of the many effects of MS. But her doctors advised against opening up on social media, warning her that revealing her diagnosis could also mean that she would no longer get work. “You’re an actress. Your body, your voice—it’s all you have,” Blair remembers being told.