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<blockquote data-quote="the_anticarb" data-source="post: 896646" data-attributes="member: 16982"><p>I think these sorts of reactions are a result of Type 2 diabetes in particular, and Type 1 by association, being stigmatised. I have had diabetes 23 years and don't remember this stigma when I was first diagnosed, it is only in the past 10-15 years that people have been made to feel like lazy slobs who deserve all they get if they get diabetes.</p><p>To the OP would your friend have this reaction if she had been diagnosed with another chronic condition such as epilepsy? Is it that she is not ready to accept having an illness, or not ready to have diabetes in particular?</p><p>I can be reluctant to tell new people in my life such as work colleagues, that I have diabetes until I have known them a while because a) I want to be as 'normal' as I can even to the outside world and b) if I want the odd treat and to inject for it I don't want people raising their eyebrows or asking 'can you eat that'. However I don't feel bad about family members knowing, I was diagnosed as a teen so never had to tell them myself.</p><p>Just make sure your friend does not stay in denial too long. That way complications lie. Been there done that bought the t shirt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the_anticarb, post: 896646, member: 16982"] I think these sorts of reactions are a result of Type 2 diabetes in particular, and Type 1 by association, being stigmatised. I have had diabetes 23 years and don't remember this stigma when I was first diagnosed, it is only in the past 10-15 years that people have been made to feel like lazy slobs who deserve all they get if they get diabetes. To the OP would your friend have this reaction if she had been diagnosed with another chronic condition such as epilepsy? Is it that she is not ready to accept having an illness, or not ready to have diabetes in particular? I can be reluctant to tell new people in my life such as work colleagues, that I have diabetes until I have known them a while because a) I want to be as 'normal' as I can even to the outside world and b) if I want the odd treat and to inject for it I don't want people raising their eyebrows or asking 'can you eat that'. However I don't feel bad about family members knowing, I was diagnosed as a teen so never had to tell them myself. Just make sure your friend does not stay in denial too long. That way complications lie. Been there done that bought the t shirt. [/QUOTE]
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