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<blockquote data-quote="kleigh88" data-source="post: 2124088" data-attributes="member: 93236"><p>It makes me really sad to read this as I have had experience of burnout and it's an awful place to be in. I have struggled before I had my baby in March last year as he was very poorly and I was too, we had a few days of desperation which was very distressing for me and I started to really struggle to take care of myself due to the impact of everything I went through on my mental health, which has suffered in the past, even before my diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. I'm similar to you in that I feel like a failure if I've done something wrong with my diabetes and it's an awful lot of pressure to put on ourselves. In May this year I was hospitalised with DKA for the first time since diagnosis almost 6 years ago now. Being hospitalised made me feel guilty that I had let things get to that point, as a mum your worst fear is not being around for your children and even the thought of it still wasn't enough for me to drag myself out of my burnout pit. Sadly we can't control what our brain thinks but at the same time there is very little support mentally for people who have diabetes and so it comes down to having to take care of ourselves. It doesn't come easy but when I started taking care of myself again after being in hospital, naturally after a few weeks my mood started lifting and I felt that I could cope with things again. I put alot of focus into losing weight in a healthy way and after 16 years of being negative and very cruel to myself, I decided that I didn't want my children to grow up to question the way that they look and to feel happy in their own skin. I used to call myself fat and ugly all the time and decided to try not say anything horrible about myself and after a couple of weeks I felt much better. I made the decision to wear a little bit of eye make up and lipstick and ditch all the concealer, foundation, blusher, eyeshadow and all the rest, I told my 9 year old that it was time I learned to be comfortable in my own skin and that I really wanted to like myself. I honestly can't tell you what a difference it has made to my headspace and to my diabetes control...don't get me wrong I get the odd hiccup here and there and I fully expect that this will always be the case with my diabetes but I really want to take control of my life and I feel that you are similar to me in alot of ways and I know you can take back control too. I'm sorry if I have rambled on a bit and I haven't posted on here for years but I felt compelled to write this when I read your post and hope it inspires you to get back on track. You are not alone and we are all stronger than we think xx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kleigh88, post: 2124088, member: 93236"] It makes me really sad to read this as I have had experience of burnout and it's an awful place to be in. I have struggled before I had my baby in March last year as he was very poorly and I was too, we had a few days of desperation which was very distressing for me and I started to really struggle to take care of myself due to the impact of everything I went through on my mental health, which has suffered in the past, even before my diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. I'm similar to you in that I feel like a failure if I've done something wrong with my diabetes and it's an awful lot of pressure to put on ourselves. In May this year I was hospitalised with DKA for the first time since diagnosis almost 6 years ago now. Being hospitalised made me feel guilty that I had let things get to that point, as a mum your worst fear is not being around for your children and even the thought of it still wasn't enough for me to drag myself out of my burnout pit. Sadly we can't control what our brain thinks but at the same time there is very little support mentally for people who have diabetes and so it comes down to having to take care of ourselves. It doesn't come easy but when I started taking care of myself again after being in hospital, naturally after a few weeks my mood started lifting and I felt that I could cope with things again. I put alot of focus into losing weight in a healthy way and after 16 years of being negative and very cruel to myself, I decided that I didn't want my children to grow up to question the way that they look and to feel happy in their own skin. I used to call myself fat and ugly all the time and decided to try not say anything horrible about myself and after a couple of weeks I felt much better. I made the decision to wear a little bit of eye make up and lipstick and ditch all the concealer, foundation, blusher, eyeshadow and all the rest, I told my 9 year old that it was time I learned to be comfortable in my own skin and that I really wanted to like myself. I honestly can't tell you what a difference it has made to my headspace and to my diabetes control...don't get me wrong I get the odd hiccup here and there and I fully expect that this will always be the case with my diabetes but I really want to take control of my life and I feel that you are similar to me in alot of ways and I know you can take back control too. I'm sorry if I have rambled on a bit and I haven't posted on here for years but I felt compelled to write this when I read your post and hope it inspires you to get back on track. You are not alone and we are all stronger than we think xx [/QUOTE]
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