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Will the war ever be won??!!

Lynz84

Lynz84

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
I have had 2 hypos today and am just plain fed up!! Does anyone get very frustrated with themselves?
I just feel like Im failing at this disease and Im never going to get the hang of it...after 5 years.
 
Hey, I can still get the same at 30+ years so guess the answer from me would be no!!
However, it can be won... Just prob needs a bit of attention and tweaking and will come good...

Don't let it overwhem you and make you anxious.. Just take a look at whats caused them and start again..
 
I have to try to be very concious of the language I use in my head when I'm thinking about my diabetes. Not that kind of language! The four letter kind is fine, cathartic even. But you know that saying - you're your worst critic, well that really comes out when the running commentary in my head turns its attention to my diabetic control.

Words that are unhelpful: success, failure, fight, battle, war, win, lose, good, bad. I know it seems ridiculous. And it is just words. But thinking of diabetes as a fight to be won does just make me feel like I'm constantly losing. Thinking of diabetes as a test where the good numbers get you an A+ and three gold stars just makes me feel like I'm bottom of the class & I was never interested in subjects at school where I wasn't getting As. I just stopped doing them. I'm not a try-er.

I know I'm not interested in playing games that I'm no good at, I will just take my ball and go home. But I know I don't have an option to quit diabetes. So I have to try and convince myself it's not something one can be good at. All we can do is work hard at it, try and mange the numbers, fix the mistakes and try again tomorrow.

So that's what's unhelpful to me. It might be different things that are unhelpful for you. Fighting a war might really motivate you. But if doesn't, just don't think about it like that. Find a way of thinking about your diabetes that doesn't make you feel like that. Some people (@azure ?) like to visualise a little monster to be contained in its cage.
 
Hi,I've been T1 for nearly 55 years and I still get days like this,but I shake myself and get on with it,it's never going to go away so I have got to manage this pain in the **** disease.
 
Hey @Lynz84 hope your feeling better today ?

As someone who has already started the day out having a hypo..!! I can honestly say that once I used to feel exactly like you and it turned my diabetes into the no. 1 enemy, these days it's simply a case of accept it and move on, learn from the reasons why and justify why and how it happened but then don't let it rule your day. There is a mindset to managing type 1 whereby you can accept it but still live your life not letting type 1 get in the way. It's easy to preach I know but I do hope you find encouragement from others that it's possible to not feel so fed up with yourself x
 
Thank u so much everyone. Feeling a bit better today but tired after the hypos. Going to treat myself to some gluten free xmas mince pies (courtesy of tescos!) and a cuppa and watch the apprentice and im sure il feel better soon enough x
 
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