emotional

Hi, I’m 22 years old and I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on the 5th of January 2021. My sister has had type 1 diabetes since she was 5, she is now 20, so I was very familiar with it pre diagnosis. I am struggling to accept it, it doesn’t feel real and I know the struggles that my sister...

Hi everyone! I hope you are well. I am a final year pharmacy student conducting research on the impact of diabetes on mood and eating habits. If you have either type 1 or type 2 diabetes and are over the age of 18, i would greatly appreciate if you could fill out my survey below. Every...

Last year thousands of you told us what you want from the future. You told us that awareness and support for the emotional aspects of diabetes need to be improved. Tell us your experiences of diabetes care through the below survey, and help us make the case for better support...

Hi, my partner is Type 1 and has been diabetic for 24 years. I am concerned that he is experiencing burnout. This is because of a number of reasons: 1) We moved house (+5 to stress) 2) He has to commute for an hour to get to work each way on packed trains (+3 to stress) 2) Earlier this year...

Hi, I was diagnosed with Type 1 in September last year. 95% of the time I feel like I'm coping, I'm practical and just get on with it, but have the occasional mini-meltdown. People alternate between telling me this is natural and suggesting I see a counsellor to talk about it. I don't know what...

Hey, New here and joined because something has been bugging me now the last couple of days. Had a huge argument over the phone with a friend, mainly him shouting at me about how angry he was with the crap advise I dished out regarding an issue of his 5 years ago. Clearly it touched a nerve...