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<blockquote data-quote="doyoutakesugar" data-source="post: 1448748" data-attributes="member: 383218"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>A doctor once told me that injecting would gradually become "like shaving", somehow normalised by routine. While I can decide whether to let loose and grow a wild beard—the same cannot be said for diabetes. And also, who shaves in public?</p><p></p><p>I've never had anyone stare, yet I find the act of injecting in public alienating, sometimes anxiety-inducing, and often impractical, regardless of the 10 seconds the act requires. Injecting doesn't stop me from living life, but I have noticed this recurrent trend.</p><p></p><p>As I feel alone in this act that others (non-diabetics) do not have to perform, and as such have not been able to speak openly and discuss this issue, I am now doing a small behavioural study linked to my postgraduate research at university. I am extremely interested in how people who require insulin injections feel about doing so in public. I'd like to get something concrete on this matter.</p><p></p><p>I have put together a small survey that really only takes two mins to complete. There are two versions of the survey. You can complete both if they apply.</p><p></p><p>The first is for people with diabetes: <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/qgyDLjl2BzjXeYyV2" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/forms/qgyDLjl2BzjXeYyV2</a></p><p></p><p>The second is for a parent/guardian or partner of a person with diabetes: <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/32IKoZ9Pmo027tz32" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/forms/32IKoZ9Pmo027tz32</a></p><p></p><p>I would be eternally grateful to you if you help me out! Let me know if you'd be interested in seeing the results too. But also, feel free to share your thoughts in the thread!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doyoutakesugar, post: 1448748, member: 383218"] Hi all, A doctor once told me that injecting would gradually become "like shaving", somehow normalised by routine. While I can decide whether to let loose and grow a wild beard—the same cannot be said for diabetes. And also, who shaves in public? I've never had anyone stare, yet I find the act of injecting in public alienating, sometimes anxiety-inducing, and often impractical, regardless of the 10 seconds the act requires. Injecting doesn't stop me from living life, but I have noticed this recurrent trend. As I feel alone in this act that others (non-diabetics) do not have to perform, and as such have not been able to speak openly and discuss this issue, I am now doing a small behavioural study linked to my postgraduate research at university. I am extremely interested in how people who require insulin injections feel about doing so in public. I'd like to get something concrete on this matter. I have put together a small survey that really only takes two mins to complete. There are two versions of the survey. You can complete both if they apply. The first is for people with diabetes: [URL]https://goo.gl/forms/qgyDLjl2BzjXeYyV2[/URL] The second is for a parent/guardian or partner of a person with diabetes: [URL]https://goo.gl/forms/32IKoZ9Pmo027tz32[/URL] I would be eternally grateful to you if you help me out! Let me know if you'd be interested in seeing the results too. But also, feel free to share your thoughts in the thread! [/QUOTE]
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