I've recently been seeing alot of T1Ds posting about mental health op Instagram.
In my personal experience I think that there are some mental health aspects to having type one. I myself have countless times found myself in a depressed mood of slump for a day or two and when I feel like that ai usually think very dark thoughts, which isn't really healthy.
My thoughts would range from wanting to just be able to get rid of my illness or sometimes even go as deep as purposely overdosing because I can't take it anymore. However I have never given in to those thought because I know my family and friends would miss me and it would cause them pain. Also thinking about getting it all over with seems selfish as well.
I'm not sure if I'm the only T1D who has thought of this but if I am, I must probably have some real problems. Unfortunately that's how diabetes has impacted my life from a young age. I was barely nine years old when diagnosed and I was the only type one in my family and no one really understood my struggles of having this illness.
Most people only see a girl who looks healthy but nobody sees what's going on behinds the scenes. All T1Ds have to go through heaven and hell 24/7, 365 days a year. We have to take all the needles and make all these decisions without a single break. Even I'm so tired of all the pricks and injections and all the times my legs, arms or stomach hurts because I accidentally hit a blood vessel or a nerve. I'm tired of all the bruises and fearing that I might go into a hypo of hyper episode when I'm sleeping. There's a lot of things that go into being a type one diabetic and we all have to fight for our lives daily, no vacations and that gets tiring. Which is why we all have burnouts sometimes, which isn't really a good thing but we just get to that point where we feel, "I can't do this anymore"
I've felt this multiple times but I'm still fighting because type one diabetics are warriors, just like anu other people with chronic illnesses and other diseases, etc.
We fight because we are diawarriors and we won't let diabetes define us!
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TYPE ONE
Non-FictionIn Type One I will be telling more about my experiences with type one diabetes for the 8 years (in 2019) I've had it. And how my journey has been and what I have learned. Come read and see what I've been through and how I go about the chapters of di...
