Mental Health & Mindset
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How Stressful is Diabetes?
PublishedWhether you’re newly diagnosed with diabetes, or have been managing diabetes for years, stress is part of this condition. The constant need to think about diabetes, to make adjustments to your food,…
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Fear of Going Low
PublishedWhy did my blood glucose go high yesterday? I didn’t enter the correct carbohydrate count in my insulin pump. Why did I not enter the correct count? I was afraid of going…
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Reclaim The Joy of Eating
PublishedFood is more than nutrition. Family picnics. Thanksgiving dinner. Going out for ice cream. Birthday cake. Comfort food. Desert. We form memories around food. We associate specific foods with events. We have…
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Diabetes and Mood, some thoughts on feeling happier
PublishedThis post is about how to try to change your mindset so that diabetes doesn’t make you depressed. If you are already depressed, please look for help — take care of your…
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Coping with Low Appetite from Depression and Diabetes
PublishedI have recurrent episodes of mild depression. Long before I had diabetes, I had bipolar disorder type II. It’s gotten a lot better over the years. I have coping skills to deal…
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Preventing CGM Induced Anxiety
PublishedAnxiety is a common experience for many of us with diabetes. The feeling of anxiety can be a symptom of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). But we can also get anxiety because we…
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What are your diabetes goals?
PublishedI’ve been described as a very “goal oriented” person, so since having diabetes, I’ve formulated my own personal goals based on my research and experience. In this blog post, I’m mostly going…
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The positive side of my diabetes diagnosis
PublishedDiabetes makes life harder. The day to day work of treating diabetes is tiring. Anyone dealing with diabetes knows how much careful work it takes every day. Yet, when I look at…