What about you?

[Smile.]

When you're just fed up of life and diabetes included, what do you do? In the earlier days of being diagnosed i used to sometimes hav a bit more sugar than i was supposed to have like more sweets or coke. But now im handling it the sensible way by playing tennis to make me feel better or going for a long walk. So i was just wondering what do you when you feel like some things just make you feel like its not even worth living for? 🙄

 

[mikep1979]

well i look at my kids and realise that i have to not give up for them.

 

[Steff]

I go as low as i can go and then i get out piccies of my kid when he was a baby and i see my dad as well in pics and realise i live for my family

 

[carolyn]

I look at my grand children and smile. It usually works.🙂🙂🙂
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[litto-miss-loz]

I just think of people who are in worse situations than I am and I also think that Im not the only one with this condition.

 

[Munjeeta]

It's nice to hear someone talking so openly about feelings like that. It's taken me a long time to let myself feel bad and have any positive strategies to deal with it!

Now, I just let myself feel a bit rubbish for a while. Have a cry. Stamp my feet. Write. Realise all the support I actually have. Then just get on with it! There'll always be another down day but in the meantime it's just good to be here! 🙂

 

[Einstein]

Used to go for a swim, now tend to throw the lead around Bruces neck and head for the forest.

Failing that (when its bucketing it down and we don't want to get wet 🙄) we go for a drive, if the 4x4 is outside then we get wet and muddy - well the car does!

That's the upside of being in the middle of Wiltshire, not too far to find a space where no-one can hear you or talk to you.

 

[litto-miss-loz]

sometimes i also just have a good wee cry and it lets it all out then after 5 mins im ok again

 

[sofaraway]

I allow myself to feel bad for a while and have a cry if needed. I also work out what I have to do and leave out the bits I don't. I have to test before bed and driving, I have to take my insulin, but I don't have to count the carbs exactly. I tend to just be a bit laid back about things.

 

[Caroline Wilson]

I look at little feller and the time he has spent here. We have bonded in away I had never dreamed would happen and I adore the little sod, even when he is driving me mad. He is a normal small boy.

When I feel I need someone who understands diabetes I come here and read through the threads. It re-asures me I am not alone.

I also have a couple of good understanding friends whose shoulders I have a good bawl on.

Sometimes I have a bar of chocolate and watch a good DVD, or even buy a new book or CD.

 

[rossi_mac]

Deep question maybe?

I think I bottle it up at the mo, other things around aren't perfect at the mo but i keep kicking myself (not literally) and telling myself I'm lucky I could be in a much worse situ, then I start to feel better, and tonight I feel better having a glass of a nice malt whisky.

 

[AJL]

Oops you're all being so positive when I tend to pour myself some large glasses of wine, proably eat more than I should, whinge to family and friends........................and then get back on with being positive the next day and think of all the good things that I enjoy including my partner, my gorgeous doggy, my friends, my vegetable garden and treating myself to treatments at the spa.🙄

 

[sweetsatin]

Being very new to diabetes i was on a real low & thought why me, i have always helped others in life why am i being punished, i found it hard to accept, but i think of other people worse than myself that kicks me back into reality.
" Life is not what it's supposed to be. Its what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference."

 

[Rubyloo]

I am so glad that its not just me who feels 'why me?' I was beggining to feel terribly hard done by & resentful of other people who had not been struck by this horrible illness! I tend to keep it to myself as I don't want to bore people.....I'd hate for people to think....here she goes again! 😱
Its so good to have you all, people who really understand what its like....you give me the strength to take a deep breath & soldier on, for my little girl, my strapping son & most importantly for me 🙂

Dx