Posts Tagged ‘Emotions’
Alternative Health – Do Emotions Drive You to Crave Food Or is it Your Blood Sugar Levels?
Monday, February 8th, 2010
For generations health care practitioners have blamed emotional stress when a diabetic craves food, and also for the subsequent variations in their blood sugar levels. This is an evasive and probably self-serving diagnosis. This antiquated idea places the responsibility for high and low blood sugars and the changes in appetite they inevitably cause, on the diabetic rather than on the diabetes.
How to Develop a Determined Attitude to Control Your Diabetes
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
If your feelings affect your diabetes control, you are in trouble. The problem isn't that you have feelings and emotions. You wouldn't be human if you didn't. The problem is that you let your feelings control your diabetes.
Step by Step Checklist If You’ve Just Been Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes!
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
If you've just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, you're probably feeling a rush of emotions. Anger, frustration, confusion, and despair are common feelings after hearing the unfortunate news.
Diabetes – The Emotional Roller Coaster
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
After being diagnosed with diabetes, you will likely go through a range of emotions. I refer to it as the emotional roller coaster. Feelings of denial and anger, then on to positive feelings that you will beat the disease, then you may fall off the cliff when you see a few days of high blood glucose readings. It's important for you to understand that these feelings are all natural, no matter your type of personality. While these feelings are natural, you'll want to get off the roller coaster as soon as possible. You want to get to the point where your life returns to normal - even though you have diabetes.
Diabetes – Dealing With Depression
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
When you've been diagnosed with diabetes, you normally go through the normal emotions of denial and anger. Unfortunately, for many, long term depression sets in. In fact, diabetics suffer from depression at a rate of 2 to 4 times the non diabetic population. And anxiety is also an issue - diabetics are 3-5 times more likely to suffer from it.