Giving meaning to illness: An investigation of self-defining memories in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients

•MS can challenge personal identity in impinging established life roles and goals.•About 25% of patients’ self defining memories (SDM) referred to their illness.•Almost two-thirds of patients mentioned at least one SDM related to MS.•MS patients displayed preserved capacity to give a meaning to thei...

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