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<blockquote data-quote="Fairygodmother" data-source="post: 1767767" data-attributes="member: 68789"><p>Quite a few years ago I used to be upset by the ways that changes in bs levels led to changes in the way I perceived things, and behaved. I was very concerned that people would think hypo- or hyper-me was the ‘real’ me. I was sooooo envious of people who didn’t have such wild influences on their personalities. I also began to question the old assumptions that humans have a steady-state character uninfluenced by the endocrine system.</p><p>For example, I began to be far more aware of the ways things went better when people weren’t hungry. I noticed that external factors too effected big changes in people’s behaviour, and I began to feel better about the way T1 affected me.</p><p>I still, after all these years, find T1 frustrating, even with the new tech, and on bad days I resent the amount of time spent on ensuring all is as close to ‘normal’ as possible.</p><p>However, I decided very early on that I would do all that I could to stop it holding me back, that I would expect others to respect my occasional times ‘out’ from anything that was happening, and that I’d be open about the way it sometimes affected me.</p><p>So far it’s worked. That doesn’t mean there haven’t been some difficult times, and there have been many times when I’ve sworn blue murder at it for making things difficult or prolonging/preventing me from getting on with something.</p><p>I suppose I’ve had a lot longer to come to terms with it and see it as part of me than those who are more recently diagnosed. Stick in there newbies. No, life won’t be the same; it’s all about being pig headed enough to try to get the best treatment you can for T1 and about being upfront and honest about the ways you hope other people will accommodate it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fairygodmother, post: 1767767, member: 68789"] Quite a few years ago I used to be upset by the ways that changes in bs levels led to changes in the way I perceived things, and behaved. I was very concerned that people would think hypo- or hyper-me was the ‘real’ me. I was sooooo envious of people who didn’t have such wild influences on their personalities. I also began to question the old assumptions that humans have a steady-state character uninfluenced by the endocrine system. For example, I began to be far more aware of the ways things went better when people weren’t hungry. I noticed that external factors too effected big changes in people’s behaviour, and I began to feel better about the way T1 affected me. I still, after all these years, find T1 frustrating, even with the new tech, and on bad days I resent the amount of time spent on ensuring all is as close to ‘normal’ as possible. However, I decided very early on that I would do all that I could to stop it holding me back, that I would expect others to respect my occasional times ‘out’ from anything that was happening, and that I’d be open about the way it sometimes affected me. So far it’s worked. That doesn’t mean there haven’t been some difficult times, and there have been many times when I’ve sworn blue murder at it for making things difficult or prolonging/preventing me from getting on with something. I suppose I’ve had a lot longer to come to terms with it and see it as part of me than those who are more recently diagnosed. Stick in there newbies. No, life won’t be the same; it’s all about being pig headed enough to try to get the best treatment you can for T1 and about being upfront and honest about the ways you hope other people will accommodate it. [/QUOTE]
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