[LauRa Lu]

problems in life/diabetes/depression

All of the above seem to really be getting to me at the moment!

To be honest living with diabetes is the easiest bit and doesn't seem so bad. But i've been having a few stresses and strains with other things in life which have been making me feel pretty down. And thats when the diabetes does become a problem because I get annoyed with it and can't be bothered with it, then my control gets worse and I feel like everythings snowballing away and then 'everything' gets worse and I feel so many mixed up emotions that I basically just feel depressed! I start to get annoyed with being diabetic because I think if I didn't have it all my other issues wouldn't seem so bad, If you see what I mean.

Today I feel the worst, so hopefully tomorrow i will feel better.

Sorry for the rant but I just feel like screaming!!!

[mg_2204]

... I know how you feel. And diabetes is the cherry on top of the sundae. Ack!

It's good to vent. Please do whenever you need to. A great big hug to you Laura. Take good care,

[duck]

Rant all you want, it's all good here!

When I feel like this, I have to remind myself that I have to take control of the one thing I really have any control over...my diabetes. Of course, it likes to fight back, but beating it into submission is something of a relief in times of stress...

[KrisinNM]

whoa Laura, nice merry-go-round you got on! But look on the bright side...just a few more dreary weeks of winter and then we will have blue skies and trees and flowers will burst into bloom.
This time of year can be particularly hard for those of us who are affected by gloomy weather. Thanks heavens it doesn't stay that way!

[zookeeper671]

Aw, Laura... I'm sorry to hear you're bummed. I think I may understand how you feel. I've been there, too. What can help is attacking things one at a time. I'd say first get a grip on the diabetes. Second, take care of something with the next greatest priority, etc. Sometimes it's just too overwhelming worrying about,.. doing,.. caring for,.. thinking of everything at once.

Hang in there and vent away. (Heck knows I've done it a heap of times!)

{{{hugs}}}

[MegaGirl42]

I TOTALLY can relate to you Laura. I have been feeling pretty depressed and down about life and diabetes too. I have been thinking about venting here but I know that no one wahts to here my sob story. Plus I dont feel as welcome here as I used to. I dont feel the love and support that I got from the people here in the begining. But I still come here and post responces and my thoughtsand questions. Sometimes I dont know why I feel soooo depressed. I just find myself staring off and being really down. I try not to think much about me having this stupid disease. I have only had it for a short time and I have not accepted that I have to live with this forever. Its hard for me to be happy about live when I cant do what normal people can do. Normal people not have to worry about the consequences of what they do or dont do. All us diabetics have to watch everything we do. Life is tough enough without having to think about this life long disease. I try to pretend that life is not that bad(I know some people got it much worse off than I do).I know when someone asks" how are you doing?" and " hows your day been?" they dont really care or want to listen to your crapy story. ......Ok .....enough of my bullcrap.....sometimes venting helps me and sometims it makes me more mad cause Im thinking about it too much......Sorry

[am1977]

(((Hey Hon)))

Hang in there, sweetie I know it's rough (believe me I know), but tomorrow is another day and the sun will shine again. Ok, sorry for the cliches , but I really believe that to be true.

There are moments in life when I really do feel down, depressed, lonely, sad, you name it, but then I remember that whatever it is will pass and things will get better. You need to remember that too. Don't let this stuff get to you or let it get in the way of taking care of yourself. You are so important and you need to realize that. Start by doing everything you can to stay healthy. I think if you see progress that should start to make you feel better. Try to test a little more...if you think that's doable. Then take the next step. You can do it, and we are all here rooting for you! So don't give up!

I hope that things improve soon and if you ever need to vent, rant, or whatever we are always here for you.

Take care!

[Mick]

In Buddhism, we have several techniques to help us view life as hopeful, positive and evolutionary. One is to slow down. Once you have slowed down, it's easier to stop. When you've stopped, you can experience everything else, that which is important both within you and without you--silence, background noise, the air, your breath... These are the sensations which make our awareness heightened. A heightened awareness can better tune into what is hidden--Light, Love, Joy, Hope, Optimism. These experiences allow us to become more self-sufficient, more energetic, more self-controlled and just plain happier. To banish darkness it is not necessary to do anything to the darkness--there IS NO DARKNESS. Darkness is merely the absence of Light. To affect the darkness, simply bring in Light. To banish negativity, find optimism. To disallow dispair, introduce Hope. To take care of sorrow, just be Joyous. A Jewish sabbath prayer advises us to "sing until we are all song, dance until we are all dance, and love until we are all love..." I recommend this!

Decide to live life as a gift,
be grateful to the giver,
believe in you own inner wholeness
and embrace the miracle of every moment.

Michael

[Peter Lee]

As you can see, we all feel like that at times (see my by-line below).

One of the things I find irritatingly difficult to cope with is the impossiblility of non-diabetics to be able to empathise with what we are coping with.

Hang in there and hopefully things will seem (and be) better in the end.

[LauRa Lu]

Hi everyone,

Thanks for the nice messages. Things are getting better, like some of you said... these things always pass. No matter what life throws at us we usually get through it and wonder what all the fuss was about, it's just hard to realise this when things are tough!

Hope everyone is all ok

Mega girl... you are always welcome here you silly thing. And having a little rant on here is always ok.... if people don't wanna hear it they don't have to read it, but most people do because we all want to help. I didn't expect so many replys to this little rant, just writing it made me feel a teeny weeny bit better so thats why i did it... the reply's made me feel even better tho

[Earthchild]

For those who don't already know, I am not a diabetic. But I am close to someone who is and they sometimes feel moody and depressed like you are describing. I know that it is often times related to diabetes and I would like to know what I can do to help bring their spirits back up...other than being there as a friend. Is there something that could help? Sometimes the low points last for days, even weeks, and it gets a bit frustrating because it is often taken out on me. I do my best to take it in stride but it does begin to wear on me after a while. I would appreciate a few tips on what a non-diabetic can do to help bring a diabetic out of these low points and back to their usual self.