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Originally Posted by Nejeda I'm in highschool, yeah go figure, right? I'm sixteen, ooh, another shocker, right? Well, I'll be a junior, and I feel like getting diagnosed at six years old forced me to grow up and become mature faster then I should have. I feel like I am miles above and beyond my peers. I sit and I feel like I'm observing them, looking in from the outside. And I feel like I can't talk to any of them about me, my problems, even how I'm doing. I don't know any other people with diabetes, my age or otherwise, so I don't know if this is normal. Is it normal for me to feel emotional and mentally more mature because of what I've been through? |
I definately think that we have to grow up a lot quicker after diagnosis. I know that I had the same problem when I was your age. I was always hanging out with people that were a lot older than me because I couldn't relate much to my peers at school. I did have a group of friends at school, but I can tell that I was then, and am now, much more mature than they are. You learn to see through different eyes, and your priorities change.
We as diabetics have to learn discipline in ourselves a lot quicker than others because our lives depend on it. Non-diabetics are allowed to be immature and abuse their bodies because they will be just fine, and live through it.
Really, you will do better for yourself in the long run because you are more mature. People will notice
