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    Self harm and diabetes

    Just wanted to say thank you guys very much for all your kind words and words of support. I really have appreciated reading every single one of them
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    Self harm and diabetes

    Thank you so much for the links, i will be sure to check these out. I've seen my GP about my general symptoms of depression and anxiety but haven't seen them since I started harming. I am going to do this hopefully over the next week
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    Self harm and diabetes

    i tend to have about 3/4 a week, i'm quite cautious of them and tend to catch them before they get too low. I've only had one really frightening experience which was just about a week ago
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    Self harm and diabetes

    Thank you so much, i'm already getting a sense of just how supportive the community here is. I really do appreciate all the kind and thoughtful replies to my post, it took me a lot of courage to put that all into words
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    Self harm and diabetes

    Thank you very much for your thoughtful message. It's really given me a lot to think about, i really appreciate you making an account just to share your advice and experience with me
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    Self harm and diabetes

    Thank you, my blood sugar control is generally pretty good. My diabetes team say that my biggest hurdle is to stop being so hard on myself when my blood sugar is out of range. I have been referred to psychological therapy which im going through at the moment, but if i'm honest i'm not finding it...
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    Self harm and diabetes

    Hi everyone, I dont really know where to begin here. I'm 24 years old and just under two years into my diagnosis with type one diabetes. Over the past couple of months, I've been seriously struggling and have started self harming by putting needles on to my insulin pen and scratching my arms...
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    New member

    Hi everyone! I’m 22 and I’m from Glasgow. I was diagnosed with type one on 6th September this year after becoming very ill pretty suddenly. I spent five days in hospital and since then i feel like having diabetes has basically taken over my life and stopped me doing and enjoying some of the...