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<blockquote data-quote="Snapsy" data-source="post: 1318983" data-attributes="member: 265172"><p>[USER=137743]@keishamarie[/USER] a very dear friend recommended her counsellor to me, and I've found my appointments with her very, very helpful. To have someone qualified to 'unpick' my long ramblings to her and make suggestions, and reassure me, has been - and is - both profound and amazing.</p><p></p><p>Wouldn't be without her!</p><p></p><p>I would never have considered 'therapy' until a new member of the family from another country where having a 'shrink' is a big part of the culture, as I understand it, told me that the best thing I could do for my family would be to find myself a therapist! Blunt, but true. I spent <em>weeks</em> being extremely upset about it, and then started asking around. My friend recommended her own counsellor to me. Hit the jackpot.</p><p></p><p>Families, friends and other halves - certainly in my case - can and do offer incredible support. And that's wonderful. But sometimes it helps to step outside one's inner circle.</p><p></p><p>As far as your diabetes is concerned, start every day as a new day and make one positive step. An additional test each day. Start writing it down, or find an app you get on with. Challenge your fab boyfriend to do the carb-maths for one meal, or do it together - that might be a giggle, and it would ease some pressure on you.</p><p></p><p>A bad day is just one day. With time, you will find the good days start to join up. Many of us have been there. Many of us still are. You are amongst friends here.</p><p></p><p>Love Snapsy</p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snapsy, post: 1318983, member: 265172"] [USER=137743]@keishamarie[/USER] a very dear friend recommended her counsellor to me, and I've found my appointments with her very, very helpful. To have someone qualified to 'unpick' my long ramblings to her and make suggestions, and reassure me, has been - and is - both profound and amazing. Wouldn't be without her! I would never have considered 'therapy' until a new member of the family from another country where having a 'shrink' is a big part of the culture, as I understand it, told me that the best thing I could do for my family would be to find myself a therapist! Blunt, but true. I spent [I]weeks[/I] being extremely upset about it, and then started asking around. My friend recommended her own counsellor to me. Hit the jackpot. Families, friends and other halves - certainly in my case - can and do offer incredible support. And that's wonderful. But sometimes it helps to step outside one's inner circle. As far as your diabetes is concerned, start every day as a new day and make one positive step. An additional test each day. Start writing it down, or find an app you get on with. Challenge your fab boyfriend to do the carb-maths for one meal, or do it together - that might be a giggle, and it would ease some pressure on you. A bad day is just one day. With time, you will find the good days start to join up. Many of us have been there. Many of us still are. You are amongst friends here. Love Snapsy :) [/QUOTE]
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