Let’s face it, living with diabetes can be tough!
Mental health
Diabetes and mental health are very closely linked.
Everyone can feel stressed from time to time. Managing your diabetes, as well as other life demands, can feel very overwhelming. Emotional swings can affect your blood sugar levels, so it's important that you know how to recognize mood changes or stressors and how to deal with them.
It is estimated that 30% of people with diabetes have symptoms of depression at one time or another. Sometimes people living with diabetes feel distressed, which can include feeling frustrated, sad, angry or worried. Diabetes distress is a very common condition, so do not feel that you are alone.
The articles in this mental health section explore these and other commonly seen emotional and psychological issues, and offer helpful tips on how to cope and develop management strategies.
How to fight the diabetes blues
Do you or the person you support sometimes seem down, frustrated, or a little overwhelmed by the challenges of living with diabetes? Chances are you, your family member of friend is suffering from the diabetes blues.
Diabetes and anger
Diabetes and anger are very closely related. While it’s normal to be angry at times, severe and prolonged anger should be addressed and managed. Read about diabetes and anger in this article.
Blood sugar and mood
Your blood sugar is very closely associated with your mood and emotions. Both high and low blood glucose levels can result in a variety of mood changes, including psychological and emotional symptoms.
Depression in teens with type 1 diabetes
There have been a quite a number of news broadcasts about depression and young adults attending university and college
Treatment for depression
When you’re depressed, it may feel like you will never get out from under the darkness. However, even the most severe depression can be treated.
