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<blockquote data-quote="kimee" data-source="post: 1530113" data-attributes="member: 297930"><p>How lovely for someone to stand up for me on a forum [emoji1] </p><p></p><p>You know, I think that, while I debate being told outright that I am wrong (we all have different coping methods - mine are not wrong, just different from yours), I think Nemeth32 has answered the original post with more useful ideas than I did. It is true that you need to come to terms with it, work through it with your consultant and so on. There are many ways that you can find to cope better with diabetes - it is still early days! Keep your chin up elouisexxx! </p><p></p><p>To the others - the reason I wrote what I did was to provide an immediate, useable coping method, in case it was needed. I don't condone ever burying your issues or pretending they're not there. The thing with me is that I have spent many, many years in therapies, seeing doctors, in hospital and a 'safe house,' talking and talking and TALKING... and in the end, nothing has really helped and I just can't talk about the issues any more when nothing changes about my mental state. Talking about the problems has made me worse, not better! Practical solutions have helped at times but generally people don't have any solutions what things I struggle with. But I'm a bad case; my depression is very severe. Lots of people do benefit from therapies including talking therapies, and/or medication. So of late (past 2 ish years) I have used the method of distraction to get through life and help me do more things I love which in turn makes me better mentally. I still need to at times talk to someone to get things off my chest, but for me it has helped to get a glimmer of light back in my life. For a start, I'm working again! (With some trial and error.) I guess you could say I'm a depressive who is affected by diabetes rather than the other way round!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kimee, post: 1530113, member: 297930"] How lovely for someone to stand up for me on a forum [emoji1] You know, I think that, while I debate being told outright that I am wrong (we all have different coping methods - mine are not wrong, just different from yours), I think Nemeth32 has answered the original post with more useful ideas than I did. It is true that you need to come to terms with it, work through it with your consultant and so on. There are many ways that you can find to cope better with diabetes - it is still early days! Keep your chin up elouisexxx! To the others - the reason I wrote what I did was to provide an immediate, useable coping method, in case it was needed. I don't condone ever burying your issues or pretending they're not there. The thing with me is that I have spent many, many years in therapies, seeing doctors, in hospital and a 'safe house,' talking and talking and TALKING... and in the end, nothing has really helped and I just can't talk about the issues any more when nothing changes about my mental state. Talking about the problems has made me worse, not better! Practical solutions have helped at times but generally people don't have any solutions what things I struggle with. But I'm a bad case; my depression is very severe. Lots of people do benefit from therapies including talking therapies, and/or medication. So of late (past 2 ish years) I have used the method of distraction to get through life and help me do more things I love which in turn makes me better mentally. I still need to at times talk to someone to get things off my chest, but for me it has helped to get a glimmer of light back in my life. For a start, I'm working again! (With some trial and error.) I guess you could say I'm a depressive who is affected by diabetes rather than the other way round! [/QUOTE]
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