sine wave
A friend was talking to me about drama at work. Although it wasn't MS, the drama seemed similar to many I've encountered. People stand up for other people, alienate others, and can in general act like high schoolers with short attention spans. I'm no exception, it's just that I get caught less.
Here's the thing: this getting caught is everything. Nobody is 100% completely evolved as a human being. Even Ghandi has his ups and downs. (Well, mostly downs lately, but no matter). If the person is unlucky, the point at which they are coping with a specific issue happens to be the exact point at which the world puts them under scrutiny for it. This means public and often catastrophic failure for this person. Someone else will have their own bouquet of issues, but they fly under the world's radar. For some reason, the universe just happens to pick out this lucky person's strengths. All they get for their trouble is kudos and a raise. Not bad. How do they do it?
You could argue that the unlucky person is really at fault, that they should learn when to pick their battles or conduct themselves differently, that getting caught so many times really does point to a personal failing and not just bad luck. I disagree: extraordinarily aware and sensitive people will pay more attention to things the world is paying attention to (like communication style for example), and thus align the sine wave pattern of their faults even more closely to match the scrutiny of the external environment. They do this on purpose because they want to change. It's called not living in a vacum.
So this is something I try to remember when I see someone crash and burn. It could easily be me. A fault exposed does not make it bigger. What I would hope for in that position is simply some slack, there's no other term for it.