Hi there thanks for allowing me into your forum, my new partner ( ex ) after the other night has type 1 diabetes and had taken drugs and possibly alcohol.. he turned on me after suffering from hypo attack ketonis , he hit and tried to strangle me and i thought i was going to die .. is this something that often happens..PLEASE HELP TY
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violence and diabetes
- Thread starter melain77
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Hi Melain!
Serious hypos can cause a person to display violence and lack of patience. However, there is NEVER an excuse for the type of violence you are describing. It must have been terrifying for you. Whatever your ex partner's excuses, you are better off out of a relationship with someone who cannot control themselves. Thankfully you haven't been seriously hurt this time - next time you might not be so lucky - and with people like that there is always a next time. Don't let your ex use his diabetes as an excuse for his behaviour. There is no excuse.
Smidge
Serious hypos can cause a person to display violence and lack of patience. However, there is NEVER an excuse for the type of violence you are describing. It must have been terrifying for you. Whatever your ex partner's excuses, you are better off out of a relationship with someone who cannot control themselves. Thankfully you haven't been seriously hurt this time - next time you might not be so lucky - and with people like that there is always a next time. Don't let your ex use his diabetes as an excuse for his behaviour. There is no excuse.
Smidge
Hi Melian,
You should contact the following this Webb for advice. https://www.gov.uk/report-domestic-abuse
This is a serious problem for you. Diabetes is not the cause of this horrible event.
Hope you get proper help and advice.
Roy.
You should contact the following this Webb for advice. https://www.gov.uk/report-domestic-abuse
This is a serious problem for you. Diabetes is not the cause of this horrible event.
Hope you get proper help and advice.
Roy.
GraceK
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Melian ... you referred to him as your 'new partner - ex after the other night' ... so I presume you and he are no longer living under the same roof.
If that's the case, please keep it that way as, if he's T1 diabetic he's certainly NOT behaving responsibly in managing his condition if he's taking drugs and alcohol and if that's what taking drugs and alcohol does for him, then you're better off without him. Don't feel sorry for him, don't make his diabetes an excuse. There are millions of people coping with T1 and T2 diabetes who do so responsibly and without resorting to violence, even if we do have short fuses from time to time.
He sounds like he needs to do some growing up. And you sound like you need him about as much as you need a hole in the head. :wink:
If that's the case, please keep it that way as, if he's T1 diabetic he's certainly NOT behaving responsibly in managing his condition if he's taking drugs and alcohol and if that's what taking drugs and alcohol does for him, then you're better off without him. Don't feel sorry for him, don't make his diabetes an excuse. There are millions of people coping with T1 and T2 diabetes who do so responsibly and without resorting to violence, even if we do have short fuses from time to time.
He sounds like he needs to do some growing up. And you sound like you need him about as much as you need a hole in the head. :wink:
