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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1480799" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>Hi [USER=408209]@Lilireth[/USER] sorry to hear you are struggling and feeling so low.</p><p></p><p>Having type 1 diabetes is really tough. It's hard to hear that you think of yourself as "failing" or that you're afraid of the number you will see when checking. I think you're right, you do need a different mindset (I appreciate that's easy to say and not so easy to do). Try to stop thinking of the numbers as good or bad or success or failure. They as just numbers, nothing more, simply numerical figure with no power and no judgement. All the numbers do is give you the information you need to be able to manage your diabetes. They help you make the decisions you need to control them.</p><p></p><p>You must know you need to test. Try and set yourself small goals to increase your blood tests: like this week I'll test once a day, or I'll test in the morning and before, and you can slowly increase to before every meal, and then after as well.</p><p></p><p>Try and clear you head before you test. Take a deep breath. Ban words good and bad and success and failure. They are just cold hard numbers. </p><p></p><p>Remember, the numbers don't have any power. You're the one with the power. You're the one who can make decisions to control the numbers. But in order to be able to do that, you need to actually know what the numbers are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1480799, member: 32394"] Hi [USER=408209]@Lilireth[/USER] sorry to hear you are struggling and feeling so low. Having type 1 diabetes is really tough. It's hard to hear that you think of yourself as "failing" or that you're afraid of the number you will see when checking. I think you're right, you do need a different mindset (I appreciate that's easy to say and not so easy to do). Try to stop thinking of the numbers as good or bad or success or failure. They as just numbers, nothing more, simply numerical figure with no power and no judgement. All the numbers do is give you the information you need to be able to manage your diabetes. They help you make the decisions you need to control them. You must know you need to test. Try and set yourself small goals to increase your blood tests: like this week I'll test once a day, or I'll test in the morning and before, and you can slowly increase to before every meal, and then after as well. Try and clear you head before you test. Take a deep breath. Ban words good and bad and success and failure. They are just cold hard numbers. Remember, the numbers don't have any power. You're the one with the power. You're the one who can make decisions to control the numbers. But in order to be able to do that, you need to actually know what the numbers are. [/QUOTE]
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