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Type 1’s with Type A Personalities Live Longer - article

Alexandra100

Alexandra100

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Another fascinating article from "Diabetes in Control". IMO it most probably applies to T2s as well as T1s.

"One of these risk factors for type 1 diabetes is type A behavior that is associated with aggressiveness, competitiveness, and achievement oriented personality traits. The authors said, "It appears that type A behavior may have different effects on health depending on underlying chronic disease status. Overall authors found that diabetic patients with type A behavior are more likely to have better blood glucose levels as they probably take extra precautions and are more careful about their disease state."

This sounds like me and Dr Bernstein, both!!!

http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/ty...dMD&utm_medium=TrendMD&utm_campaign=trendmd_0
 
Alexandra100 said:
Another fascinating article from "Diabetes in Control". IMO it most probably applies to T2s as well as T1s.

"One of these risk factors for type 1 diabetes is type A behavior that is associated with aggressiveness, competitiveness, and achievement oriented personality traits. The authors said, "It appears that type A behavior may have different effects on health depending on underlying chronic disease status. Overall authors found that diabetic patients with type A behavior are more likely to have better blood glucose levels as they probably take extra precautions and are more careful about their disease state."

This sounds like me and Dr Bernstein, both!!!

http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/ty...dMD&utm_medium=TrendMD&utm_campaign=trendmd_0
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It's always good to have a few type A personalities, like you around @Alexandra100 I don't know how reliable this is, as research, there can be other motivations for good control, beyond wanting to be a high achiever, but I suspect that some sort of motivation is needed.
 
Great, it's my lucky day. As a beta female not only am I less likely to have got T1 (but I did) I'm even more likely to die early. :banghead:
 
Alison54321 said:
It's always good to have a few type A personalities, like you around @Alexandra100 I don't know how reliable this is, as research, there can be other motivations for good control, beyond wanting to be a high achiever, but I suspect that some sort of motivation is needed.
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I certainly agree. Childhood and youth spent in denial of Type 1 and having been informed at the age of nearly 21 that I would be blind by the age of 23, my brain woke up! Maybe type A began to creep in after that, but even then was it just being a frustrated perfectionist?
 
Diakat said:
Great, it's my lucky day. As a beta female not only am I less likely to have got T1 (but I did) I'm even more likely to die early. :banghead:
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I hope you defy actuaries, life insurance agents and statisticians much the same as I have. I was told at the age of 13 that I might make it to 20; by an actuary when I was about 25 that I would probably just make 40; I am less than 3 months away from 60, so they can get stuffed!
 
Diakat said:
Great, it's my lucky day. As a beta female not only am I less likely to have got T1 (but I did) I'm even more likely to die early. :banghead:
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No. Moderators must be type A personalities. You've just been miscategorised.
 
As I said to the plumbing expert in B and Q .
" That's a lot of ball cocks!!!"
 
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